Maybe CL was getting a .gov subsidy for the EV Chat subforum and that's why it went away.

 

Hopefully Koji San was able to get the interior designer from the LC500 project into the loop. Classic work.

 

Sounds logical! 😂

 

shhhhhhhhh

hahaha

 

Can you ask the Lexus overlords for a fireside chat with behind the scenes interviews of the real folks behind the LC500 dev team in anticipation of the this new supercar?

 

LC team has long moved on. GR Team is totally different. If we are so lucky maybe Koji Sato writes a book similar to the one Haruhiko San wrote for the LFA. It’s unbelievably detailed.

https://imboldn.com/lfa-the-roar-of-an-angel/

 

coming soon after 2030 (aka who cares).

i’d say way more than 150k.

i don’t understand what the above two posts are referring to.

wow so negative.

 

"Lexus aims to offer electric variants of all its models by 2025, with the sales ratio of electric vehicles exceeding that of gasoline-engine vehicles."

https://pressroom.lexus.com/lexus-ac...concept-debut/

 

Toyota and Lexus EVs are coming at a good clip now.

 

Not sure how anyone can argue Toyotas methods. They are the best selling, quality is stop one of the best, the stock is over $200 and their diverse portfolio appeals to almost everyone.

Toyota was the only brand that publicly said the EV hype was just that.

 

And yet Tesla outsells Toyota's best selling cars in California, their charging infrastructure out here continues to grow at a mind boggling rate, and they are the number 3 best selling car world wide, not to mention that had I invested in Toyota in 2020 instead of Tesla, I would have been $300k poorer. Not bad for a company that's been seriously selling cars since 2018. Nothing wrong with Toyota's, I've owned about 7 or 8 of them over 30 years, but they are boring as hell and just getting more boring. It's just a matter of time for people to get behind the wheel of a BEV and realize they are just better. Not trying to rag on Toyota, they are a smart company and know their customers, but BEV's are the future. Ask former LC500 owner Bitkahuna who was extremely skeptical of BEV's, and yet here he is

 

​There is a valid argument that they were too slow on the software and tech front.

• ​The bZ4X Fumble: Their first major global EV, the bZ4X, was widely criticized for mediocre range and slow charging compared to Hyundai or Tesla. This wasn't a "smart" delay; it was a technical lag.
• ​Solid-State "Vaporware": Toyota has been promising solid-state batteries (which could offer 1,200 km range and 10-minute charging) for years. While they recently started building a pilot factory with Idemitsu Kosan, mass production is still slated for 2027-2028. If they miss this window, the "smart" wait starts to look like a missed opportunity

You're in agreement that EVs are just hype?

 

I think it’s pretty clear the concept that we were EV or bust within the next few years was hype.

Teslas success doesn’t diminish Toyotas strategy either. Compare Toyota to say Honda who just posted their first loss ever and all the other massive writedowns everybody else is taking right now for EV losses. Tesla is the outlier here.

 

Maybe solid state for Ev will be possible someday, I don't know.

But solid state and 10 minute charging sounds like an explosion waiting to happen, Imo. Lol

 

Im just waiting on battery day's 4680s to provide their stated hype or real world game changing benefits.