I used to respect Toyota for making reliable and inexpensive vehicles, but between this and their anti-EV stance I don't think I'll ever get another one
their anti-EV stance
Hadn't heard about this. Why are they against EVs?
They have been betting on hydrogen for decades and absolutely refuse to acknowledge that it just ain’t happening.
I think it's also a little bit of racism at play too, they hate the idea of being reliant on China who produce most of the worlds lithium-ion batteries. I think they have the fear similar to white conservatives - we treated these people like shit for centuries so if we give them the chance then obviously they will do the same to us.
Nah almost certainly the reason is that hydrogen cars can function similar to current cars so while there might a change in the infrastructure it shouldn't be too hard because natural gas cars already exist. This is basicaly trying to succeed with the least amount of effort required. Conservative businesses love that.
EVs on the other hand require a completely radically different infrastructure and business model with regards to batteries, swapping, warranty etcs.
Japanese business are weird in that while some companies are very high tech innovative the business practices tend to be very hard to change because of the culture.
Don't forget they supported Trump's attempt to roll back CA emission standards
The cutoff date is when they removed the drain plug for the transmission fluid because "the fluid now lasts the lifetime of the car". The lifetime now being defined as "until the transmission dies because you never changed the fluid". So about 120k miles.
Big corporations taking features that have become standard away in order to re-sell them to the consumer? I've seen this before!
Imagine even being able to afford the oldest used clunker imaginable. Cheapest shit in 100km is 5 grand.
No no, I mean I would have to travel over 100 kilometers (60 miles) on foot to buy a car for less than 5000 dollars. Anything within that distance is that price or more expensive, and anything around that price is a very old and rusty car that is older than I am, with several hundred thousand miles on it.
People around here either drive a car til they total it or it breaks down in such a way that it would cost many thousands of dollars more than it's worth to repair it, so they just abandon it with the guy they got to look at it. Then that guy fixes it up as cheaply as possible in a way that it may or may not pass inspection, and then attempts to sell it on for like 5 or 6 grand.
Anything better, and you'd have to walk or get someone to drive your ass into the "big city" which is a small town with an actual used car lot, over an hour away.
Thats the secret, there is no upside for the working class
Flexibility! You save money up front and can pay it over time and not need the cash on hand.
just wow, I had a toyota a while back (2003 model) that had remote start key fob, this is just insane
Remote start systems don't even have any chip shortgages. This service charge is pure greed.
You can buy a RS system installed for $99-149 anywhere in the US. No charges.
Who thought this was a good idea? This is going to just piss all of their customers off.
