One has to respect a company that is a shifting 10’000’000 cars a year!Peteski wrote:Of course Toyota sell a lot of mundane boxes to the masses, but they've only managed to sell literally a few thousand of these Mirai things globally since 2014, so it hasn't really taken off in the same way as alternative EVs. If Toyota can't crack this market then who else can? People often talk about "Tesla killers" but the term "Mirai killer" is not quite so popular.MikeM wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 5:04 pmMaybe you don't but you cannot dismiss the facts:
>Selling over ten million cars a year for five years in a row
>The most most highly valued car company in the world
>Massive investments in Battery and Fuel Cell solutions
>Objective to have half their annual sales through EV by 2030
Do though agree that their design style is yet to hit the mark for Western European tastes, however their tech and build quality is excellent.
On Tesla killers... Musk effectively open-sourced Tesla tech to stimulate the EV market. Imitators should be grateful, rather than resentful.