• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    is that purely because they can't make them well or is there another reason?

    honestly the japanese EV ive been in felt decent?

    • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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      6 months ago

      I know someone with a decade old Leaf and that thing is still going strong with more than 300k on it.

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        yup that was the one! and it wasnt even that old. which is why i'm confused, it seemed good enough.

        japan seemed to me like one of the places where great EVs would consistently be coming from.

    • Maoo [none/use name]
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      6 months ago

      Japanese carmakers were trying to go with hydrogen fuel and did a big grift on their government to get it subsidized. I think the idea was that Japan would have a national disadvantage with EV production as they don't have the material base for batteries but they could have an advantage with hydrogen.

      Those failed, or course. Now they're a decade behind - there were only two Japanese EVs sold internationally just a few years ago.