Now despite being initially very popular especially in the United States, Toyota’s hybrids are in fact having a bit of popular trouble when it put up against electric vehicle models of the now industry dominant Tesla.
Back in the 90’s Toyota was a pioneer in hybrid vehicles. It’s a technology that utilizes both electric motors and combustion engines to provide a very efficient, economical and of course environmentally sound power solution for transportation.
In 1997, Toyota introduced the Toyota Prius to the world and as such, it made the company an industry leader. By 2025, Toyota has expressed intention to further develop its hybrid technologies and to expand its usage among its existing models both from Lexus and Toyota.
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However, as we’ve said above, hybrids may be fighting a losing war against fully electric vehicles in terms of marketing as EV’s today, thanks to Tesla are more attractive to consumers more especially to the younger folk out there.
Tesla EVs are also really very popular among car enthusiasts because of their impressive torque figures which your run of the mill day to day Toyota hybrids are yet to provide.
For years, Toyota has refused to invest in all-electric vehicles and instead have focused on continuing to develop more hybrids and plug-in hybrids. Tesla, Nissan and other major vehicle manufacturers, on the other hand, are well on the way to perfecting their fully electric models.
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At the Geneva Auto Show, a Toyota official said that their company is able to make batteries for 28,000 EV’s every year and those are enough for 1.5 million hybrid cars.
So this means that Toyota indeed DOES NOT have a competitive capacity in producing batteries and can only make enough for the aforementioned number. In the automotive world, 28,000 vehicles is a drop in the bucket.
Despite this, Jack Hollis, General Manager of the Toyota Division at Toyota Motor North America admits that he himself understands that EVs are unique and different. Despite this, Hollis has also expressed that he’s not sure yet why fully electric vehicles are getting all this interest from consumers.
Toyota North America's Jack Hollis says that Toyota still won't manufacture EV's in the foreseeable future
As of last year, Toyota has yet to see a sensible business case for making and selling a fully electric vehicle and according to reports from Toyota dealers, Hollis believes that selling these vehicles will not be profitable at all. This was expressed a year ago at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show.
What Toyota plans instead for the near future is their expansion in their production of Rav4 Hybrids. In March, the company has shared its plan in moving the hybrid crossover to their plant in Georgetown.
Toyota will continue on its path of producing hybrids such as this Rav 4 hybrid model
Hollis says that although the crossover’s high fuel efficiency is the key element of the vehicle, he says that he understands that there is a clamoring for more performance.
If the vehicle gives a good performance, people won’t even care that it’s a hybrid. As such he also warns that Toyota and other hybrid manufacturers should not fake it and performance should authentic.
“The only way to sell it is to actually have the acceleration or torque to give you the feeling of something different” Hollis says. As to whether or not that will be the case, we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Know more about Toyota
For the local market, Toyota Philippines offers 22 car models. The most affordable of these is the Toyota Wigo hatchback. Toyota also has three sedan models namely the Vios, the Corolla Altis, and the Camry. It then has one entry to the pickup truck segment, the Hilux. For coupes, Toyota Philippines offers two models: the GT 86 and the Supra. The Toyota local SUV segment has four models. These include the Fortuner, Land Cruiser, and Land Cruiser Prado. The Toyota MPV segment for the Philippines has three models: the Avanza, Rush, and the Innova. Then there are two Toyota vans in the Philippine market: the Hiace and the Hiace Super Grandia. For hatchbacks, there's the Wigo, the GR Yaris, Prius, and the Yaris, while the minivan segment then has the Alphard. And lastly, the crossovers sold by Toyota include the Corolla Cross, and the RAV4.
Here at Philkotse.com, we provide the complete Toyota Philippines Price list for 2023, which we update on a monthly basis. Besides that, we also list the latest and hottest car promos ranging from low monthly amortizations, cash discounts, and low downpayments.
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