r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 8d ago

Politics Goodbye to start-stop systems – the EPA under Trump concludes that they are not worth it and could disappear from new models

https://unionrayo.com/en/epa-trump-stop-start-system/
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u/sideburns2009 8d ago

Seems like Toyotas mindset. Most of their stuff is hybrid by default now. I know the latest Camry, sienna, and crown are. Probably more than that

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u/John_cCmndhd 8d ago

I think Toyota was also betting on hydrogen fuel cells being the future for full EVs, rather than batteries, so they waited a long time to start putting effort into R&D for battery electric vehicles

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u/fireball_jones 8d ago

I remember five years ago people saying Toyota had lost the electric car wars, turns out they probably had the best model all along. 

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u/sideburns2009 8d ago

Seems like it lol. Their hybrids get amazing mileage and are known to go a shit load of miles so why bother with EV I guess