Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese automakers are serious about rolling out battery electric vehicles to catch up with the world's frontrunners like Tesla and BYD

Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese automakers are serious about rolling out battery electric vehicles to catch up with the world’s frontrunners like Tesla and BYD

“We love battery EVs.”

Takero Kato, the executive in charge of electric vehicles at Toyota, said that not once, but twice, to emphasize what he considers the message at this year’s Tokyo auto show.

It’s a message ringing clear at the Tokyo Mobility Show, which will run through Nov. 5 at Tokyo Big Sight hall and where battery-powered electric vehicles are the star at practically every booth.

  • Hypx@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    You’re just being duped by the battery industry. BEVs are the real dead-end. A hydrogen car is a vastly smarter idea. A car isn’t a smartphone and you don’t want it to work the same way. In reality, you want something that replicates the usage scenario of conventional cars. Trying to “reinvent the wheel” with BEVs is just making this worse.

    Not to mention how much of the argument against FCEVs are either temporary or not real at all. BEV companies want you think that there’s only one solution. In reality, their solution is going obsolete.