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by _fizz_buzz_ 3731 days ago
> It's just crazy to see them beat the competition so badly.

This amazes me so much. I cannot believe that companies like Volkswagen basically ignore the EV market (except some half-assed E-Golf or something). I mean even if it really turns out to be fad - which I don't believe - don't they want to hedge their bets a little bit? Has nobody there ever heard of companies like Nokia, Blackberry, etc.?
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mikeash 3731 days ago
Toyota is the one that really baffles me. I can sorta understand car companies ignoring electric and just continuing to plod along with fossil fuels. I don't think it's wise, but it's what they know. But Toyota seems to be ignoring electric and instead focusing on hydrogen, which just makes no sense whatsoever. It's like they read a collection of EV myths (there's nowhere to charge, you can't take road trips, it's worse for the environment than a normal car) and decided to build a car that made them come true.
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tamal 3731 days ago
Meanwhile Toyota partners with Tesla to produce the minimum required number of zero-emissions vehicles in California: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_RAV4_EV#Second_generati...

All the while denying that it's a good idea. Baffling.

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mikeash 3731 days ago
I'm not sure I see your point. Of course Toyota is going to build EVs if they're required to by law. It's not like they're going to give up the entire California market just because they don't believe in EVs.
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adwn 3731 days ago
It's the innovator's dilemma [1] in action.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator's_Dilemma

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