Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds
Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds
Damning new report finds nearly all major car companies are actively sabotaging world’s efforts to avoid catastrophic global warming, and Japan companies are the worst.
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This is a surprise? Anyone watching EVs for more than a few minutes knows that Toyota has been pushing back HARD against EVs, with other Japanese automakers doing effectively nothing to make the transition. Western automakers have been forced into it, either by scandal (hi VW) or having Tesla eat their lunch.
I expect Ford to make it, barely. GM will make it, at a cost. Toyota and Honda are too big to fail, they'll just spend their way out of their own mess. It's a matter of what brands will be reduced to niche manufacturers or have themselves bought out instead of going bankrupt. Stellantis has already sold themselves to Leapmotor, and will succeed or fail based on that JV.
It's crazy to me how big General Motors is and yet they have zero presence in the UK.
Yup, they tried, failed, and said "Yeah, nah." Wild.
Same here - Massachusetts is one of the few parts of US not all in on trucks: you still see a lot of cars also. We also have the stereotype of frugality, buying something that lasts. Two strikes against GM, mostly in favor of Toyota but sometimes it seems like even little Subaru is more common than GM
Japan being the worst yeah, it seems like Kei cars are the perfect format for EVs plus the population density of Japan (+city life and high-speed rail).
Then again, I do see that the incentives for Kei cars were reduced in 2014 and I wouldn't doubt if oversized trucks/SUVs were gaining popularity there too (I did see 1 headline about it).