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by jqpabc123 1081 days ago
possibly because the domestic Japanese grid can't really support EVs.

The domestic grid has no impact on most Toyota/Japanese cars which are exported or built elsewhere --- often using engines made in Japan.

This was about saving a large segment of the Japanese economy which is centered around the internal combustion engine and associated expertise and know how.

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/15/toyotas-team-japan-aims...

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Very similar to Germany. Als tooting the hydrogen horn.. Again similar to Germany. A wild pattern of sabotaging the successor by naming his little brother king emerges.