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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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[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 14 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 4 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 3 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 2 hours ago

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.