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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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'Unless Things Change, We Will Not Survive': Even Toyota Doesn't Feel Safe Right Now (insideevs.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Delta_V@lemmy.world to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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...things need to change, or Toyota, the world's largest car company by sales, "will not survive."

...If Toyota feels like it's losing ground, then the ground is probably moving.

The problem isn't just one thing, either. It's everything, everywhere, all at once. Chinese automakers are gaining ground quickly and setting a new standard for manufacturing costs. Software is becoming a core part of cutting-edge vehicle. Tariffs are still a thing. The auto industry has seen more upheaval in the last few years than it did over the last several decades...

Toyota has always had extremely strict quality standards...But that could soon change.

The brand is implementing something that it calls "Smart Standard Activity." This is meant to slash...quality standards...Toyota believes it will lower the price of its components...

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[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

FYI a cheap stripped down electric car already exists in Europe. it's the L7e quadricycle. looks like a car, acts like a car, can go up to 55 mph, most do 28 mph, $8700 USD. I live in a Florida retirement community and everyone is driving electric low speed vehicles (golf cars). Mine is an older gas model but gets 50mpg. If it dies I'm definitely going electric.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadricycle_(EU_vehicle_classification)#Heavy_quadricycles_(L7e)

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Quadricycles are not real cars.

Source: From Europe, and have driven a couple of the "fast" ones, and seen some after crashes. I would not have one if I could avoid it.

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Europe has no oil. Your option of avoiding it is now on a 30 to 60 day fuse. You can pay big euros for a real car or buy a bike, but a lifestyle build on other people's oil is over.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But I'm European ... that means, public transport in the form of electric busses and trains. And walking, which I enjoy doing.

Electric cars (and quadricycles) aren't an environmentally sound solution to transportation.

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A valid point. I assume you are still young and healthy. I look at the world from the perspective of a senior citizen in Florida. Although I do walk and bike, there are days when I can just barely make it to the car, and into the doctor's office. I never expected to be this fragile and impaired in old age. I just look at the rest of the world from my own perspective.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

My Mum is 87 now, and can't walk - she uses an electric mobility scooter to get around