Posted on 10/02/2022 4:57:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The president of Toyota Motor Corporation said this week that adhering to California’s plan to ban gas emission vehicles will be "difficult" to achieve, and battery powered cars will take longer to phase in than the "mainstream media" believes.
"Realistically speaking, it seems rather difficult to really achieve them...But just like the fully autonomous cars that we were all supposed to be driving by now, BEVs are just going to take longer to become mainstream than the media would like us to believe,"
Toyoda’s comments come after California’s Air Resources Board, at the direction of the state’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, adopted rules that would mandate all new cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs be electric or hydrogen powered by 2035.
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The government is telling corporations what to do
The framers did not discuss this as a positive outcome
China to the rescue again with the amazing 1 illegal alien powered Rickshaw.
It’s about time we had captains of industry calling out this insanity.
This Toyota fella must be a white supremacist afraid of change. /sarc
Duh. Who would have guessed ICE engines are far superior to current battery tech. Maybe someday it will, just nit yet.
Electric cars have become an obsession...a very expensive obsession.
Why wait until 2035? That is 13 years of destruction to the environment. There should only be EVs sold in CA beginning January 1, 2023. After all, it is an existential threat...right? /s
Bkmk.
Some intrepid papparazzi should photograph the landing of every private jet for the film festival in Cannes and the Davos elitist events. Show the world that the elite doesn’t really give a damn about “existential climate threat” — it’s all politics and posturing to the woke crowd.
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Sure hope he holds the line. Toyotas are great vehicles.
PG&E won’t be able to address the increase in load either.
where will all the cali apartment dwellers get a charge?
Exactly, this is a people's choice, not lunatics like Hochul and Newsome.
Apartment dwellers must walk or take public transportation.
Don’t mind the insane homeless man playing with himself...
Goldman Sachs spokesman on CNBC this morning says after trillions of dollars invested in renewable energy productions, the percentage of petro based to renewable had dropped from 82% to 81%
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom had a 10 year plan to end homelessness in 1990.
Tell me he’s not a young Biden.
Right — and then they control people.
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