Toyota spreads anti-EV propaganda in Japan
Seems like hypocrisy considering Electrek routinely ignores FCEVs (hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles), which are Toyota&#x27;s apparent future preference.<p>Among other things, the image at the top of the article clearly shows &quot;FCEV&quot; alongside &quot;HEV&quot; and &quot;PHEV&quot; and Toyota sponsored a small YouTube series by Physics Girl. The indication is that Toyota sees FCEVs as a big part of the future of EVs.<p>Yet in this article Electrek says &quot;M. Toyoda’s (Chairman of Toyota) [...] has taken a very public anti-EV position worldwide&quot;, &quot;the companies and government are scrambling to slow the adoption of EVs in the country and abroad&quot;. Clearly Toyota is investing substantially in (FC)EVs, yet Electrek claims a hostile stance.<p>Electrek even goes so far as claiming that BEVs are &quot;the only real EVs that don’t use fossil fuels&quot;. I&#x27;m not sure if the intent there is that FCEVs are less &quot;real&quot; than BEVs or if they&#x27;re somehow injecting fossil fuels into the process somewhere.<p>This isn&#x27;t an isolated incident. Just a couple of weeks ago, Electrek called the bZ4X Toyota&#x27;s &quot;first all-electric car&quot; [0], ignoring the RAV4 and more recently the Mirai.<p>I don&#x27;t mean this as an ad-hominem attack, nothing I&#x27;m saying necessarily negates other points in the article but it feels like Electrek is attacking Toyota for the very same sin it commits itself. Electrek should take a look in the mirror and consider reporting more fairly concerning FCEVs in the future. They don&#x27;t have to like them but they shouldn&#x27;t deny that they exist.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;electrek.co&#x2F;2021&#x2F;10&#x2F;29&#x2F;toyota-unveils-first-all-electric-car-bz4x-an-electric-suv-packed-cool-features&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;electrek.co&#x2F;2021&#x2F;10&#x2F;29&#x2F;toyota-unveils-first-all-elec...</a>