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Gonna have to agree there.
Years ago, I thought Toyota would pivot and become a forerunner in the EV revolution. They already put electric motors in their cars, they had hybrid versions of nearly everything they made a decade ago already!
Now it's been over a decade since Tesla made EVs an actual thing you could drive in the public's eyes... and the only electric Toyota that's not a van, that I can buy right now, is still the bZ4X which was kinda uninspiring when it came out.. let alone now.
At least earlier European electric cars (Volvo, BMW, Audi mostly) have started depreciating enough that they're in my ballpark now. I don't want to pay 30k EUR for a car that costs 30k EUR new, but I'll pay 30k EUR for a car that was 80k just 2-3 years ago. It's just one of my quirks, I want to get as much car as possible for as little money as possible, and to make up for it, I'll do my own repairs on formerly expensive, complex European automobiles.
There are many advantages to hybrids over EVs, especially plug-in hybrids. In many scenarios PHEVs are not only more convenient/viable than EVs, they're cleaner than EVs over the vehicle's lifespan too. Think: shorter daily trips, mostly runs on electricity but with a smaller battery, in a scenario where electricity production comes from combustion.
For a majority of the world hybrids simply make way more sense, and that will continue to be the case for a decade at least. While I personally would prefer an EV for myself, I'm glad that Toyota is prioritising hybrids.
Toyota went all in on hybrids and hydrogen. Which isn’t available outside of California.