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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

They were busy promoting their hybrid cars and their favorite distraction tactic - “Hydrogen Cars” While Toyota did very well with the Prius hybrid car, hedging their bets on hybrid cars in the 2020s seems to me that they seem to still live in the 90s. During the past decade, Toyota has not bothered to invest in electric vehicles.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

and Chery Automobile Co. The hundreds of thousands of new cars being added every year to roads in China could further damage already shaky air quality if they are oil-based vehicles. Chery showed a tiny battery car, the Riichi M1, that boasts similar technology and performance, and is likely to be priced under 100,000 yuan.

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