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Toyota late to the hybrid party?


Volkwagon audi has nobody to blame but themselves. GTI has always been decent but their core cars really havent been compelling in a long time. Mostly I think you have all the pain of german car ownership with none of the charm. TDI was their savior for a while but we know how that story goes.


I think we maybe due for a near term reckoning on many car brands: VW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Alfa (in the us anyways), Infinity, jeep, dodge.

Besides tesla, some of the other EV newcomers will replace these brands in a decade or so. Rivian, lucid, or whatever EV company comes around for second place

It is assured EVs will continue to gain marketshare it will just take longer than politicians thought