What's Wrong With This Picture: Toyesla Synergy Drive Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: November 10th, 2010

what s wrong with this picture toyesla synergy drive edition

Given Toyota’s dominance of the hybrid market, and its early skepticism about pure-electric vehicles, it’s safe to say that we didn’t expect this badge to show up anytime soon. But sure enough, Toyota’s new corporate EV badge will grace the firm’s RAV-4 EV concept, which debuts at this fall’s LA Auto Show. And it won’t be the most jarring image on that vehicle either…

Yes, the little Silicon Valley sportscar firm is now powering the first Li-ion (and potentially the first mass-market-ish) EV ever made by the most dominant automaker of the last several decades. Wrap you mind around that one.

#3WTP #Concept #EV #FutureVehicles #Tesla #Toyota #WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

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Mercennarius on Nov 10, 2010

Honestly I think Tesla is the last company i'd want to partner with to help build an EV if I was Toyota... Toyota would be better off borrowing Nissans technology or making their own...

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ThriftyTechie on Nov 10, 2010

Here we go, TTAC is going to unleash a tedious Toyota EV Birth watch which spans dozens of posts which will in retrospect be completely meaningless. Or do they only do features like that for GM?

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- Protomech on Nov 12, 2010
  
  They could make an exception for EVs.
  
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