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Fun to have taken a contrarian opinion to the EV hype for years and have it vindicated by the decisions of manufacturers.

On EV forums I see so many threads related to Toyota being “so far behind” that it’s “impossible to catch up”, and that the company will vanish in 5 years. My comments are always something along the lines of “The #1 top selling automotive manufacturer needs to catch up?” or, “you randos on the internet are better decision makers than the experts working for Toyota?”

Anyhow, the smart people have been saying for a decade that hybrids are a better use of resources, more versatile, and will conserve more fuel than a focus on BEV. The Pharisees of the Green religion place more value on adhering strictly to ideology over actually doing things better.