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Toyota is taking the Corolla electric

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paimapi · 1790211060 · focus · HN ↗
and all it took was two decades and millions of spend in anti-EV lobbying before they finally gave in, huh
(also kind of wild to me that an EV focused blog wouldn't mention this a single time since Toyota is (was?) arguably one of the staunchest and most stubborn anti-EV manufacturers out there)
1. radiator · 1790272297 · focus · HN ↗
  They were neither anti-EV in the past nor will they stop producing Internal Combustion Engine vehicles in the future
  1. paimapi · 1790272749 · focus · HN ↗
    based on what? there's so many sources noting their anti-EV lobbying
    <a href="https://chargedevs.com/newswire/toyota-actively-lobbies-against-support-for-evs/" rel="nofollow">https://chargedevs.com/newswire/toyota-actively-lobbies-agai...
    <a href="https://thedriven.io/2026/06/17/japan-car-giants-still-pushing-anti-ev-narrative-even-as-china-rivals-close-sales-gap/" rel="nofollow">https://thedriven.io/2026/06/17/japan-car-giants-still-pushi...
    <a href="https://blog.ucs.org/dave-reichmuth/why-does-toyota-oppose-clean-air/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.ucs.org/dave-reichmuth/why-does-toyota-oppose-c...
    and here's their CEO going on a tirade about Japan's EV-adoption mandate: <a href="https://evannex.com/blogs/news/puzzled-by-toyota-ceo-s-anti-ev-diatribe-it-s-not-unusual" rel="nofollow">https://evannex.com/blogs/news/puzzled-by-toyota-ceo-s-anti-...
    RajuChacha108 · 1790273392 · focus · HN ↗
    People who have vested interest will make such accusations.
    I own EVs but I am opposed to "mandates", opposing coercion makes you anti coercion not the objective of coercion.
    someonebaggy · 1790276094 · focus · HN ↗
    When the government said everyone should wear masks were you the guy coughing on all the produce?

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