Toyota Abandons Plans For All-Electric Vehicle Rollout 490
Soultest writes "Toyota has given up on plans to sell any significant number of all-electric vehicles. Citing 'many difficulties' with the project, the company says it will only sell about 100 of the battery-powered eQ cars it has been working on for several years. 'By dropping plans for a second electric vehicle in its line-up, Toyota cast more doubt on an alternative to the combustion engine that has been both lauded for its oil-saving potential and criticized for its heavy reliance on government subsidies in key markets like the United States. 'The current capabilities of electric vehicles do not meet society's needs, whether it may be the distance the cars can run, or the costs, or how it takes a long time to charge,' said, Uchiyamada, who spearheaded Toyota's development of the Prius hybrid in the 1990s.'"
Sacred by the "success" of the Chevy Volt? (Score:0, Funny)
That must be it.
Re:Self-driving cars will come before all-electric (Score:3, Funny)
Better yet, own a self-driving car and tell it to drive randomly within the area while you're going to a place with limited parking. It would be awesome for events where buying fuel for 3 hours of low-speed driving is cheaper than the parking fees. The Prius c gets 65 mpg+ at low speeds. 3 hours at 30 mph would cost about $5.50 in fuel at $4/gallon instead of paying event parking rates.