Certainly, there seems to be a sense that, after two decades of patiently pushing hybrid power, Toyota is finally seeing the fruits of its original investment. Many of the world’s carmakers seem to think so, and are planning to skip over closed-loop hybrid systems in favour of investments in plug-in hybrid and battery electric cars. Advantage“Especially at this moment, from a viewpoint of usage, and real life, and how our customers actually use their cars, hybrid still has an advantage over battery electric cars,” Yasushi Ueda, the chief engineer for the new Toyota Corolla, told The Irish Times. “Of course, in the coming future, at some stage, there will be pure battery electric on top of hybrid. As for a battery Corolla, I cannot say simply because I don’t know,” Ueda said.

Source: The Irish Times February 20, 2019 06:22 UTC