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CDA
April 03, 2023
Toyota has confirmed that it continues to trust hydrogen, although the priority in its strategy is one hundred percent electric cars.
Toyota has made clear its reticent attitude to the total adoption of the electric car in the last times. The argument of the Japanese brand has always been that it was not the only solution to fight against car emissions.
This, according to gossip, could have been the cause of the relay in the dome of the automobilewhich replaced the previous CEO, Akio Toyoda with Koji Sato, effective April 1.
Goal: sell 3.5 million electric cars in 2030
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Sato, however, seems to be on the same path of not relying exclusively on the electric car. Sato has confirmed that hydrogen will continue to receive a lot of attention from the automaker. And this despite the fact that Toyota has redoubled its efforts to develop and produce more attractive electric vehicles.
“We want to make sure that hydrogen remains a viable optionand. We need a production and transportation supply chain. Unless we see an evolution in this regard, we cannot expect an increase in the volume of use of this energy,” Sato said.
Despite this, now you want to give much more priority to the battery car. Toyota is currently working on a new dedicated platform for electric vehicles that should debut in 2026 and that it should offer better performance at lower cost. The goal is somewhat ambitious: the company expects to sell some 3.5 million electric vehicles worldwide in 2030.
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While Toyota bet boldly on the hybrid vehicle with its Prius, the company’s bid for hydrogen cars has been much less successful. Currently, the company offers the Mirai, a zero-emission hydrogen sedan that is in its second generation and has not had the expected sales.
Toyota was so confident in the second generation of the Mirai that it increased its production capacity to 30,000 units per year, which is multiply by 10 its production. To date, however, Toyota has only sold 21,700 units of both the first and second generation Mirai.
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However, Sato has pointed out that hydrogen will continue to play a key role in Toyota’s multi-pronged approach in the company’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. “We are doing our best in all aspects,” said the new CEO, noting that Toyota will use fully electric, hybrid and hydrogen cars as part of its global strategy.
