Norobiik, It's not unlikely at all. For hybrids it's the next step.
The world’s largest carmaker said Tuesday that it would develop smaller #InternalCombustionEngines that are more optimized for #HybridVehicles and can accept #AlternativeFuels such as #biofuels, #LiiquidHydrogen, and synthetic #Efuels in an effort to cut down on emissions.
#Toyota’s bet on #hybrids was mocked, then vindicated. Now it’s trying to repeat the trick with an unlikely bet on the #CombustionEngine
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-bet-hybrids-mocked-then-202143372.html
douglasvb,
br00t4c, 'I drive a Toyota Corolla, and I'm content': Snoop Dogg's daughter defends self after getting mocked for driving a Toyota Corolla
https://www.dailydot.com/news/snoop-doggs-daughter-toyota-corolla/
abies77, French
drahardja, Very interesting to hear what #Toyota NA CEO Ted Ogawa has to say about #BEV investment in the US.
Essentially, Toyota is ignoring EPA guidelines about BEV mix and focusing entirely on customer demand, and they will not make BEVs in numbers higher than expected demand lest they waste their resources.
Toyota’s now-well-known reticence in jumping into the BEV bandwagon, preferring to sell #PHEVs instead, may prove to be the better bet. The EPA is likely to reduce their mandate for 50% BEV new car sales by 2030. If they do, then Toyota’s strategy would have been proven right.
(Article is paywalled, but video is viewable)
“Toyota's Ted Ogawa: Better to buy credits than ‘waste' EV investment”
https://www.autonews.com/executives/toyota-na-ceo-ted-ogawa-us-ev-demand-will-be-30-2030
Rjdlandscapes, @drahardja they'd rather buy credits than make #EVs
What a disgusting company can't wait for them to fail
flowerpot, @drahardja I hate that Subaru partnered with Toyota to make their first EV, but I understand it. It meant Subaru could get into the market sooner. I bought a Subaru EV (Solterra) in February 2023. It's basically a Toyota EV battery, & body (shell) but the wheels, motors for the wheels, & interior are mostly Subaru. I had to wait longer for mine because the Toyota EV version had so many problems (wheels fell off during driving). Subaru wouldn't release anything until they were sure it was safe.
br00t4c, Plug-in hybrids are greener than even the newest EVs
https://qz.com/plugin-hybrid-cars-toyota-prius-electric-vehicles-energ-1851296684
Rjdlandscapes,
Rjdlandscapes,
Niall, @Rjdlandscapes @ge0rg yes I know it has mirrors and cameras :-P I guess you don't spend much time putting them on trailers or lining them up precisely to marks on workshop floors, both activities where the cameras & mirrors are of limited use.
My point is that there are millions and millions of cars out there without this interlock and that you are kicking Toyota for something unrelated to it being an EV.
davidwilkins, Today, a more sophisticated electric three wheeler than yesterday’s Sinclair C5 - the Toyota i-Road. I drove this in 2014 on a press trip to cover a mobility trial in Grenoble that offered i-Roads for hire. Amazing machine. Driven by hub motors in the front wheels, steering is via the rear wheel. ‘Active Lean’ technology means it leans into corners like a motorcycle. Great to drive. ‘The agility of a motorcycle, the comfort of a car’, said Toyota. ☑️
governa, This Time It’s #Toyota: Takata Airbag Recalls Continue
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/01/this-time-its-toyota-takata-airbag-recalls-continue/
GottaLaff, Yet another #recall:
‘Do not drive’: #Toyota recalls 50,000 older US cars over deadly airbag fears Toyota said on Monday it is urging the owners of 50,000 older US vehicles to get immediate recall repairs because an airbag inflator could explode and potentially kill motorists.
The Japanese automaker said the “do not drive” advisory covers some 2003-04 model year Corolla, 2003-04 Corolla Matrix, and 2004-05 Rav 4s with Takata air bag inflators. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/30/toyota-recall-cars-airbag-inflator
JudyOlo, @GottaLaff
Here's their site where you can put your VIN number in and see if your car is involved
https://www.toyota.com/recall/takata
Yup_Its_Holly, @GottaLaff Yup, that’s my Corolla. A common reason that so many people (and myself) haven’t bothered to get the recall done before now is because the original notices were “airbag malfunction”, which doesn’t immediately bring to mind “metal projectiles to the face”. For people who live hours from the closest dealership, this is important information. 🙄
paul, 'Do not drive': Toyota recalls some older vehicles including the 2003-2004 Corolla & Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2004-2005 RAV4. Toyota said if the aging airbag deploys, a part inside is more likely to explode and shoot sharp metal fragments which could cause SERIOUS INJURY or DEATH to the driver or passengers.
#Toyota is urging owners to contact their local dealer instead of driving there to have the issue fixed free.
#Recall #Auto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5E4edXKuHM
uthark, @paul Not just Toyota btw.
Full list and details at https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-recalls-defects/takata-airbag-recall-everything-you-need-to-know-a1060713669/
paul, Very true. Cars are being added regularly to the list since 2014 over this issue. Hope people check
I mainly was tooting about the new, urgent recall that specifically added these cars mentioned in the post this week since recalls over these very airbags have been going on since 2014
I doubt adding to the list will end soon
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a method to check every vehicle's vin for any recalls, including these airbag recalls
br00t4c, 'Do not drive': Toyota recalls 50,000 older US cars over deadly airbag fears
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/30/toyota-recall-cars-airbag-inflator
chemoelectric, @br00t4c We still get recall notices for a 2003 Subaru that was totaled in 2014, despite our every attempt to get Subaru to recognize the car does not exist :)
Rjdlandscapes, (edited ) Wow #Toyota suspend deliveries and shipment of 10 diesel models , why you ask?
Cheating on emissions..
Niall, (edited ) @Rjdlandscapes that's a bad look. Didn't BMW get busted recently for this old trick?
Corporate manslaughter charges please.
Rjdlandscapes, @Niall yep
Remember Toyota only just admitted cheating on safety tests for 30 years too
Rjdlandscapes, #Toyota's slow slide to obscurity is continuing.
#EVs will never be more than 30% of the market says someone who is sniffing copium in large quantities
China end of last year was aproaching 40% market share already, and China is the larges Auto market in the world
Europe is 20-23% #EV
#NewZealand was close to 50% (a short term blip but still)
#Norway is in the 90% range
Tock tock Toyota
Rjdlandscapes, lolno
Rjdlandscapes, @kennethb or were you being serious ?
GottaLaff, Yet another #recall:
#Toyota is recalling roughly 1 million cars in the U.S. because the front passenger air bags may not deploy properly in a crash, posing additional risk of injury to riders
List here👇🏼
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-lexus-recall-2020-2022-faulty-air-bag-sensor/
bronakins, Fortunately my Corolla hybrid from that period was not on the list!
GottaLaff, @bronakins And fortunately, our kids' car either!
ai6yr, Toyota recalling airbags that won't deploy. #toyota #airbags #cars #recall https://www.npr.org/2023/12/20/1220731384/toyota-recall-defect-air-bags
ai6yr, Who has ever heard of an airbag that won't deploy?
Every airbag I've ever met keeps on talking, talking more
Vocal cords going, lips keeps on moving,
Even if whatever they are talking about is a boreChat chat chat, talk talk talk
Never ever stopping, they'll never let up
Oh, not that kind of air bag we're talking about?
Oops, I guess I'll just shut up
Cristobalm, @ai6yr That’s… not good. Who do they think they are? Tesla?
HonkHase, German #Toyota #Germany Says Customer Data Stolen in #Ransomware Attack
"Toyota Germany is informing customers that their personal data has been stolen in a ransomware attack last month."
https://www.securityweek.com/toyota-germany-confirms-personal-information-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/
EmissaoVerde, Portuguese #Toyota APM: veículo 100% eléctrico “made in Portugal” para os Jogos de Paris
https://autogear.pt/toyota-apm-veiculo-100-eletrico-made-in-portugal-para-os-jogos-de-paris/
FdC, French Pour une tonne de CO2 évitée par les véhicules électriques, les SUV en émettent 30
> Selon un rapport publié par Greenpeace, les ventes croissantes de SUV par trois constructeurs annulent complètement les avantages climatiques des véhicules électriques vendus par ces mêmes constructeurs. Ces véhicules, bien plus polluants, on…
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/pour-une-tonne-de-co2-evitee-par-les-vehicules-electriques-les-suv-en-emettent-30-6242964#Greenpeace #SUV #Voiture_électrique #Emissions_GES #Toyota #Volkswagen #HyundaiKia #FdC #RevueDePresse #Shaarli2Mastodon
nickofnz, BOOM!
Toyota SUV adverts banned for condoning driving that disregards its environmental impact in a landmark ruling, that the SUV ads had been created without “a sense of responsibility to society”.
An important precedent because arguably, none are.
18+ Frances_Larina, Without a sense of responsibility to society? Toyota?
Oh, wait; that's right. The same company that here in the USA repeatedly funded the politicians who worked to overthrow the government.
jamwil,
BobLefridge, The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has banned two Toyota ads "for condoning driving that disregards its environmental impact... stating that the SUV ads had been created without “a sense of responsibility to society”."
Result!
CelloMomOnCars, Fewer places to hide #CarbonEmissions
"#Toyota’s annual sustainability report for 2022 showed #emissions jumped by 45 per cent year on year, as the company revised the way it accounts for emissions, forced to by a European ruling that requires auto makers to account for the #LifecycleEmissions from the use of the cars that they make."
glasspusher, @CelloMomOnCars holy guacamole
CelloMomOnCars, Carbon accounting grows up. A little.
I'm sure there are improvements to be made.
br00t4c, Toyota Gives Workers a Raise Days After UAW Reaches Historic Deal With Big 3
echanda, @br00t4c
Well well well #UnionStrong 💪🏽
br00t4c, The UAW beat the big three; Elon Musk's Tesla is among its next targets
SteveBologna, @br00t4c That egomaniac will shut down Tesla before he will allow people to live better
dromografos, Right after the #UAW won at the Big 3, #Toyota gave raises at their U.S. plants. But like union President Shawn Fain says:
"Toyota isn't giving out raises out of the goodness of their heart.
They did it now because the company knows we're coming for them."
#Unionshttps://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZzexsZw6akquO7f3zNaI2KvSQrx07nxcAy