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Toyota makes hybrids, they outsell all other hybrid manufacturers, and middle-america "doesn't want" electric vehicles while also demonstrating they don't know about electric vehicles. Same story over the past decade, not too much has changed except the number of BEV on the road in total.
Toyota is a conservative (not the political kind) company, so it's not that big a surprise.
On top of that, there's the fact that Toyota have been investing heavily in hydrogen fuel cell technology for years, instead of BEVs. They put their bets on the wrong horse, and have been slow to adapt as a result.
You do realize that basically all the large manufacturers are still working on hydrogen tech. It's going to replace gas ICE vehicles, not EVs. EVs have their place in cities and short transport but they're not efficient enough to work for large machinery or long hauls. There will be a mixture just as we have EVs and ICE gas vehicles now.
That certainly is news to me. After all these years and the almost total lack of hydrogen infrastructure in the US, I had assumed that it was considered a dead end.
That said, it does makes sense; I hadn't considered that hydrogen tech was more in competition with ICEs than with EVs.
Does ICE means internal combustion engine?
Yup.