US EditionToyota's Chairman Says EVs Pollute More Than Hybrids. Is He Right?
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Hybrid and synthetic combustion cars remain the best choice before electric cars like Tesla cars. Toyota confirms that the environmental impact is the same.
Toyota Chairman: A Single EV Produces as Much Pollution as 3 Hybrids over Its Total Lifecycle
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has raised concerns about the environmental benefits of battery electric vehicles (EVs), suggesting that hybrids offer a more practical path to reducing carbon emissions in certain regions. He argues that Toyota's 27 million hybrid vehicles have the same carbon footprint as only nine million when the entire lifecycle of emissions is taken into account.
At the head of Toyota, Akio Toyoda claims that an electric car pollutes as much as three hybrids, but this calculation depends heavily on the energy context and comparison methods, as evidenced by several recent studies.
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