% The newswire below is titled as anti-EV. IMO, TMC shows they are anti-all-other-vehicles (note: no fcv/foolcells were shown). *The video starts out with a fingernail-red Prius hev passing horse riders racing with a stagecoach, then ice through-time: a horseless carriage, a 1900's torpedo racer, a 30's gangster straight-8, 50's flame-painted hotrodders, a 280z, a lamborghini (lambo) on a flatbed truck being towed away with a frustrated date inside, and lastly, the prius zooms past a watch/time-checking EV driver charging off a slow L2-6kW EVSE in a smallish vw golf sized EV. The prius driver is shown giving a long gaze at the EV with disdain before returning his eyes back to the road ahead. -One of the ending ad banners sez 'don't get left behind'. IMO, it is TMC that is behind, holding on to the past, still trying to sell the dead-fcv-horse. A truer ad would have shown an EV charging at above L3-150kW, and the lambo should have been a fcv because a tow to a far away h2 station would be needed. TMC= behind the times, head stuck in the sand, oblivious to reality. %
https://electrek.co/2019/02/12/toyota-anti-electric-vehicle-ad-corolla-hybrid/ Toyota produces shameful anti-electric vehicle ad to sell Corolla hybrid Feb. 12th 2019 Fred Lambert [image https://i1.wp.com/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/Toyota-anti-ev-advertising.jpg video https://youtu.be/okIHHOY95Sg Toyota Corolla 2019 TV Advert - 60" ] Toyota, which has a long history of being against all-electric vehicles, has produced another shameful anti-electric vehicle ad to sell its new Corolla hybrid. The Japanese automaker has long been a proponent of hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, but it has shunned all-electric vehicles and focused on ‘electrified’ by 2025. Toyota has been going further than simply not making all-electric vehicles, aside from the Clarity EV compliance car, it has also been producing advertising content that some would call propaganda against all-electric vehicles. Last year, Lexus, Toyota’s premium brand, advertised its hybrids (HEVs without plugs) as “self-charging”, having “infinite range”, while trash talking all-electric vehicles in the process. Now Toyota is releasing a new ad for its Corolla and it is again pushing its misleading ‘self-charging’ claim and took a swipe at plug-in electric vehicles at the end: The Japanese automaker recently admitted that Tesla Model 3 is affecting its Prius sales, but it’s still not convinced on all-electric vehicles. Nonetheless, they have been talking about launching new all-electric vehicle programs, but it sounds like they are focusing on compliance cars to comply with emission regulations. Electrek’s Take This ‘self-charging’ thing is really bugging me. Don’t get me wrong, a hybrid is more efficient than a purely ICE vehicle, but it’s still 100% powered by gas. Therefore, their ‘self-charging’ is nothing more than ‘self-refueling’ and the fuel is being burned to power an electric motor. The idea that they think they can make that sound like something comparable to charging a battery, which you can charge with your own choice of power source, albeit limited, is absolutely ridiculous to me. I don’t know if it will actually work. I suppose it’s working if they started using it with Lexus and now they are also bringing the same marketing to Toyota. I’m disappointed in Toyota for doing it, but the fact that they feel like they need to take a shot at all-electric vehicles in order to sell their hybrids is probably a good sign for the future – just not Toyota’s future. [© electrek.co] ... https://www.google.com/search?q=Toyota+shameful+ad search on Toyota shameful ad + https://cleantechnica.com/2019/02/07/driverless-on-demand-vehicles-will-bring-the-grocery-store-to-you/ Driverless, On-Demand Vehicles Will Bring The Grocery Store To You 2019/02/07 Robomart electric vehicles are equipped with driverless tech, and will eventually be fully autonomous. Initially, public pilot ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
