TonyWilliams
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ENIAC said:I suppose they could change strategy and sell the Scion IQ EV to the public.evnow said:I suspect Toyota will introduce a in house designed EV (some tiny car like Spark/500 etc) for compliance ...TomT said:Since it is a compliance car, I suspect that the current MY RAV4EV is the last one you will see for sometime unless California changes the rules in the future...
Rumors are all over the place for Toyota for the 2015 model year CARB compliance. Some say they will use a hydrogen car, and of course, they could use the Scion IQ EV. Or, the more logical answer is to build a car that will actually sell, like a Camry EV.
Obviously, a huge company like Toyota is planning for all the contingencies, no doubt including an in-house EV. But, officially, they don't like EVs, and have tried their best to meet the ABSOLUTE minimum target with Rav4 EV (only sold in California, only for the 3 years in phase III [model years 2012, 2013, 2014], it's based on already phased out chassis, they spent little effort developing it except for a big fat check to Tesla, there's virtually no advertising, etc).