The weight thing is an issue, but not by very much. Electric cars only outweigh mechanical cars by 10-20%. As to the hybrid thing Toyota is a mechanical engine maker. They don’t make batteries. They ARE Japanese, but Samsung is Korean, as is LG. Sony is Japanese, but they don’t make cars.
The whole “do you think that...” concept is a standard logical fallacy. As to the model X being heavy, first of all it’s an SUV, and second of all it’s got gull wing doors. Pick just about any other electric vehicle and your argument falls apart.
Toyota works many years together with Panasonic, which is also Japanease and is the innovation leader on batteries (some say, Panasonic is the best manufacturer of batteries in the world).
I think that 2 main objectives make fully electric cars at this point not effiecient enough:
1. The weight, which is not only a matter of the weight of battery, but also all the safety components and devices that are implemented as well as all "luxury" devices etc.
2. Starting from 0 Km, which consume a lot of energy
I talked about it few weeks ago with an engineer, who told me, that if electric cars would have a "start-help" from a normal engine, they can raise the distance in almost 60% - 75%
and I agree with
Mimöschen Hydrogen powered cars are more the future, than 100% battery powered cars...frankly speaking I don´t understand, why no one came up with an Hybrid system, that combine Diesel Motors and electric motor? Driving Diesel outside the cities is more environmental-friendly in comparison to gasoline.
