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Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, has made it clear that he doesn't like electric cars.
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Toyoda said, "People involved in the auto industry are largely a silent majority," according to Thai reporters.
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"That silent majority is wondering whether EVs are really OK to have as a single option. But they think it's the trend so they can't speak out loudly."
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He may be right. It wouldn't surprise me if the majority of automotive executives disliked EVs.
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The legacy automotive industry was slow to adopt EVs. They abandoned promising products that they should have realized they could make.
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Other cases showed that the products rolled off the assembly lines did not meet the minimum legal requirements.
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They would prefer to continue making diesel and gasoline vehicles. If those are not possible, they will have at least an alternative to batteries. This is a growing problem in the industry as supply chains go through growing pains.
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Some might find Toyota's electric intransigence strange.