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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

EVs are expensive because of the battery.

A cheap car is not a novelty, specially for asian manufacturers. There is no cheap EV because there is no cheap big ion-li battery.

Toyota strategy of focus on hybrid and hydrogen seemed weird to me. But over the years has been started to make sense.

The world needs a better battery. Until that, EVs will be heavy and expensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hydrogen cars are basically EVs without the giant battery. So it neatly avoids the huge cost and weight problem. Which is why Toyota thinks they are the future.

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