Toyota is doing well with
Toyota is doing well with expanding their "electrified" vehicles, but they are doing poorly with their BEVs (battery-only EVs). Their one U.S. BEV the bZ4X was recalled because the wheels could fall off. In its letter sent to owners, Toyota offered a wide range of options, including paying for storage of the bZ4X, providing a loaner vehicle, the cost of fuel to operate the loaner, and even offering a credit of up to $55,000 to take back the car if owners had paid it off. Toyota is no longer selling the bZ4X (or any other BEV) until they first figure out how to fix the safety issue. Meanwhile, Toyota's president said that California's plans to ban gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 is "difficult" to achieve due to slow electric cars adoption rate. Maybe he missed the point that Tesla's total sales (customer deliveries) for 2022 amounted to 343,830 (up 42% year-over-year), which is a new all-time record for Tesla. This is admittedly less than Toyota's electrified vehicle sales, but not by all that much. And effectively Toyota has zero BEV sales in the U.S. now that the bz4X has been recalled.