I figured it had something to do with his hesitancy to jump headfirst into EV's...
This doesn't bode well... The GRC may not see extended production years...
Sometimes it’s just as simple as changing public perception of the company’s CEO. New CEO has been under Akio for a while. Highly doubt he’s going to go 180 on the company. Keep in mind Akio is still on the board. People/media are generally over sensitive with these types of changes.
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it intends to implement changes to its executive structure effective April 1, 2023, and changes to its Board of Directors effective the date of its 119th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting as described below.
Lets just hope the government and oil companies don't kill off hydrogen power. Both hydrogen fuel cell and combustion has so much potential and much more practical than any EV in the market! No need to wait long hours to recharge and range will always be the same since there is no deteriorating battery pack that costs a fortune to replace. Production cars with hydrogen combustion engines should have already been a thing ever since Bob Lazar converted his C4 Corvette to run on hydrogen! Also not too long ago, Toyota put a hydrogen combustion engine in an E210 Hatch which sounds amazing. If petroleum goes under, this will be the savior for the ICE if the infrastructure allows it. Losing the Mazda Furai was already too much. The hydrogen engine must live on!
oil companies don't want to kill of hydrogen. they're all aboard that train, or the synthetic fuel train, whichever.
people who have fully invested themselves in BEV are the only ones who want to see other emerging technology (or ones that aren't fully BEV) die.
rationally, if you look at the Toyota way of doing PHEV, it's the quickest way to transition the highest volume of cars away from pure gasoline in the quickest timeframe. the average mileage a person drives in a day is less than 40 miles, so make a PHEV that can do 40 miles on EV only.
F150 Lightning = 100kWh battery
Lucid Air = 120kWh battery
Tesla MY = 80kWh battery
Tesla M3 = 50-80kWh battery (depending on trim and year)
Rav4 Prime = 20kWh battery
Prius Prime = 10kWh battery
10 people driving 40 miles on electric is better than 9 people driving 40 miles on gas and one guy driving 40 miles on battery.
5 people driving 40 miles on electric and 5 people driving 40 miles on gas is better than 9 people driving 40 miles on gas and one guy driving 40 miles on battery.
production for LI is ramping as quickly as possible, so it may be an abundant resource, but it is limited by tech, so the quickest way to get these cars in the hands of drivers is to go with the most practical approach. Toyota was doing that and gets grinded for doing it. people who are real environmentalists should be pissed.
ugh, sorry, mods delete if necessary, I just feel like I'm taking crazy pills when I start thinking about this stuff.
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it intends to implement changes to its executive structure effective April 1, 2023, and changes to its Board of Directors effective the date of its 119th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting as described below.
oil companies don't want to kill of hydrogen. they're all aboard that train, or the synthetic fuel train, whichever.
people who have fully invested themselves in BEV are the only ones who want to see other emerging technology (or ones that aren't fully BEV) die.
rationally, if you look at the Toyota way of doing PHEV, it's the quickest way to transition the highest volume of cars away from pure gasoline in the quickest timeframe. the average mileage a person drives in a day is less than 40 miles, so make a PHEV that can do 40 miles on EV only.
F150 Lightning = 100kWh battery
Lucid Air = 120kWh battery
Tesla MY = 80kWh battery
Tesla M3 = 50-80kWh battery (depending on trim and year)
Rav4 Prime = 20kWh battery
Prius Prime = 10kWh battery
10 people driving 40 miles on electric is better than 9 people driving 40 miles on gas and one guy driving 40 miles on battery.
5 people driving 40 miles on electric and 5 people driving 40 miles on gas is better than 9 people driving 40 miles on gas and one guy driving 40 miles on battery.
production for LI is ramping as quickly as possible, so it may be an abundant resource, but it is limited by tech, so the quickest way to get these cars in the hands of drivers is to go with the most practical approach. Toyota was doing that and gets grinded for doing it. people who are real environmentalists should be pissed.
ugh, sorry, mods delete if necessary, I just feel like I'm taking crazy pills when I start thinking about this stuff.
Akio being the Chairman of the Board might turn out better. As CEO, he was able to greenlight projects, but still had to find budget for his little pet projects. As Chairman, he has the opportunity to sway the directors and investors to let the CEO have a bigger budget for the fun stuff.
Akio being the Chairman of the Board might turn out better. As CEO, he was able to greenlight projects, but still had to find budget for his little pet projects. As Chairman, he has the opportunity to sway the directors and investors to let the CEO have a bigger budget for the fun stuff.
Yeah if anything this means cool stuff could happen more often.
Recent reports for example were saying the GR86 is about to become a fully homegrown product. While skeptical at first because these collabs were a way to save money on projects, this actually seems more likely to me now.
Most of Akio’s projects in the beginning with Gazoo Racing, LFA, FRS and so on were all done with some pushback from higher ups. Most of these things Akio found short cuts in developing.
A lot of people are missing the major power shift that's happening. Akio didn't just bow out. He moved up to chairman of the board. Not only that he replaced his position with his righthand man. This is a power move. Essentially giving him more power to do what he wants without being held back by old board members.
A lot of people are missing the major power shift that's happening. Akio didn't just bow out. He moved up to chairman of the board. Not only that he replaced his position with his righthand man. This is a power move. Essentially giving him more power to do what he wants without being held back by old board members.
Yeah if anything this means cool stuff could happen more often.
Recent reports for example were saying the GR86 is about to become a fully homegrown product. While skeptical at first because these collabs were a way to save money on projects, this actually seems more likely to me now.
Most of Akio’s projects in the beginning with Gazoo Racing, LFA, FRS and so on were all done with some pushback from higher ups. Most of these things Akio found short cuts in developing.
If you guys have time to watch, Kamata-San (one of, if not the, most recognizable AE86 figures/tuners/restorers) had a little meeting with Koji Sato and some of the GR team.
Sato-San talks about restoration parts they should release for the AE86 Corolla and some troubles he had with his own build.