A few days before, according to foreign media news, Toyota Motor’s head Akio Toyoda believes that electric vehicles have been over-hyped, and advocates have not considered the carbon emissions generated by the power generation process and the cost of transitioning to electric vehicles.
According to Toyoda, if all cars are powered by electricity, there will be a power shortage in Japan in the summer. Additionally, the infrastructure needs for a full transition to electric vehicles will cost Japan 14 trillion to 37 trillion yen (135 billion to 358 billion U.S. dollars).
It is understood that Japan is mainly a country that relies on coal and natural gas for power generation. Hence, Akio Toyoda believes that electric vehicles are not very helpful to the environment, and the more electric vehicles manufactured, the more serious the carbon dioxide emissions.
Toyoda is worried that the Japanese government’s mandatory ban on fuel vehicles will make cars a flower on the top of a mountain beyond the reach of ordinary people. He said: “If Japan is too sloppy in banning gasoline-powered cars, the current business model of the auto industry will collapse and cause millions of people to lose their jobs.”
Earlier this month, it was reported that the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan had initiated adjustment the latest car sales in Japan will be converted to hybrid and pure electric vehicles.
On the other side, Japan will ban the sale of petrol vehicles from 2035, but not including petrol-electric hybrid models.
Additionally, California and the U.K. have also problem relevant bans. However, due to resistance from the industry, Japan has not yet issued an official statement. Officials from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan said that no decision has been made on the future of gasoline vehicles.
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