Electric Vehicles @slrpnk.net Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca 3d ago

Toyota launched its cheapest EV in China and it crashed the server starting at just $15,000

electrek.co Toyota launched its cheapest EV in China and it crashed the server starting at just $15,000

Toyota looks to grab a bigger share of the world’s largest EV market as it takes aim at BYD and...

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Not gonna lie, sounds awesome appealing. Bring it to the EU, please.
Now if only it were launching at that price in the US.
- Buy it in China, ship to America for fees and modifications totaling the original purchase price, still save $15k.
  
  Feel the free hand of the market.
  
  Unless it doesnt meet DOT requirements, it will be illegal to register.
What does "crashed the server" mean in this context?
- After securing over 10,000 orders in just one hour, Toyota boasted again that “the server is overwhelmed.”
  
  Oh right, that's a satisfactory explanation, thank you.
  
  10000 doesn't seem like a lot of requests to knock over a server.
Toyota is one of the brands from which I would consider buying an EV.
- Are Toyota still pursuing hydrogen, or are they mostly all in on batteries now?
  
  They've realized it's an impossible task. Even if they figure out how to not leak it everywhere and not store it at immense pressures hydrogen embrittlement is probably an insurmountable challenge.
  
  Not sure about development directions, but they currently have regular hybrids, plug in hybrids, battery EVs, hydrogen EVs...
  
  I don't think the infrastructure is there yet for hydrogen to be viable, so I don't really consider those.
  
  In the US? They still ride on the ICE bandwagon.
  
  https://insideevs.com/news/752581/gm-toyota-support-bill-weaken-epa-emissions/
Would love to see these in Canada! Need a reliable brand EV at an affordable price.
Went to the toyota website for Japan and I can't even select EV and/or hybrid as categories to narrow down the search. They have an 'eco' category which includes ICE vehicles. Some are even discontinued. I want to get an EV or at least hybrid at some point (I have a kei car now), but it doesn't look like that will happen here. I'm not interested in BYD as there are no dealerships anywhere near me, nowhere to work on them, and I'm still not convinced about the quality and service in general.

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