re: Toyota reworking their entire EV strategy to better compete with the Americans

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What I have concerns with is how we are going to source all of this material for battery production, and how we are going to beef up our electrical grid to support Level 2 chargers at every home in 10-15 years.

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The left views this as their version of the Great Leap Forward. Side effects and consequences don't matter to the leftist elites because they'll be insulated from it all, as usual.

Try reading the rest of the article.

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EV's are catching on way faster than they predicted last yea

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Not among consumers. Companies are trying to force the shite but most don’t want them

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I see you and Obtuse only worry about straight lines.

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Watch the video.
Or just go to the end with the track times.

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Impressive considering the Plaid has shown over 1000hp at the wheels while the Caddy only has 668 crank horsepower.

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typical excuses I hear after watching people get drug around COTA by some baw in a electric sedan. (not me I actually like fast cars)

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And better batteries.

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No, not better. Bigger, more of them, but the energy density of lithium-ion chemistry has seen virtually no practical improvement in more than 2 decades of research.

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No, not better. Bigger, more of them,

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Better is more than energy density. The newer models are degrading and performing much better than the older ones. A learning curve that every other auto manufacturer is going to have to go through.

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but the energy density of lithium-ion chemistry has seen virtually no practical improvement in more than 2 decades of research.

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Big things popping. I just reviewed a new battery company that’s getting double digit energy density improvement. They already cleared IE and were funded to start building their manufacturing plant.

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The newer models are degrading and performing much better than the older ones.

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Nothing to do with the batteries. The software governing the charge/discharge characteristics and thermal management has improved but battery technology has hit a plateau here with respect to chemistry and form factor. The laws of physics don't give a shite how you or any other EV homer feels, unless there is an order of magnitude improvement in charge rate and energy density then EV's will continue to be hobbled against the ICE in terms of range, convenience, and overall practicality.

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Damn, then it must really suck that an old arse car spanks the Uber modern chassis car.

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drag race

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People still care about this in production vehicles?

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Nothing to do with the batteries. The software governing the charge/discharge characteristics and thermal management has improved but battery technology has hit a plateau here with respect to chemistry and form factor.

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I left out reliability which is directly battery related but yes much of the gains are from better management of the battery charge/discharge and thermal control.

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you didn’t watch the video did you? Just read the misleading title?

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I don't care about either. I replied to what you posted.