{"id":1813,"date":"2023-02-20T23:32:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2023-02-20T23:32:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:02:50","slug":"toyota-among-the-2022-worlds-most-obstructive-companies-on-climate-policy-with-oil-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/toyota-among-the-2022-worlds-most-obstructive-companies-on-climate-policy-with-oil-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Toyota among the \u20182022 world\u2019s most obstructive companies on climate policy\u2019 with oil giants<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Toyota&nbsp;can\u2019t seem to get out of its own way lately. The Japanese automaker ranked among the \u201cworld\u2019s most obstructive companies on climate policy\u201d of 2022, with oil giants like Exxon Mobile, Chevron, and leading Russian oil companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChange is the law of life. And for those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.\u201d former US President John F. Kennedy once said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The automobile industry and world are moving forward with or without Toyota. The world\u2019s largest automaker denies the growing demand for zero-emission electric vehicles. Toyota, a first mover in hybrid vehicles, is one of the few automakers still claiming the market for electric cars is not there. Jack Hollis, Executive Vice President of Sales at Toyota Motor North America, was&nbsp;recently quoted&nbsp;saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think the market is ready. I don\u2019t think the infrastructure is ready. And even if you were ready to purchase one, and if you could afford it \u2026 (the price is) still too high \u2026 It took 25 years to get to less than 10% (market share) for hybrid \u2026 The consumer isn\u2019t demanding (EVs) at that level. The consumer is not screaming, \u201830% or 40% by tomorrow. Despite these comments, electric vehicles are rapidly gaining market share in all major auto markets. Buyers are more inclined than ever to purchase an EV, with&nbsp;over 50%&nbsp;of buyers looking for zero-emission options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most automakers are overwhelmed with demand for electric vehicles. Ford,&nbsp;BMW, GM, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and essentially any other vehicle maker you can think of are selling record amounts of EVs every quarter. Regarding price, there are several options on the market, starting under $30,000 (Chevy Bolt EV\/EUV, Nissan Leaf), with more coming to the market in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota&nbsp;can\u2019t seem to get out of its own way lately. The Japanese automaker ranked&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-four-wheeler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}