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> Toyota is infamous for their resistance to BEVs and their insistence on sticking with cars that have ICEs.

Is that actually based in reality? Toyota's hybrid vehicles that have ICE engines also have battery packs, and the newer hybrid models have battery packs approaching 6-7 kWh. These aren't even classified as PHEVs.

Their PHEVs have battery packs upwards of 10 kWh (between 10 and 20 kWh) and sell like hot cakes.

So if you were to look at the aggregate capacity of all the batteries Toyota is shipping with their vehicles, I would bet it's at least average or actually higher than other manufacturers, e.g. Ford or Chevy or VW.

Basically, unless you have the raw numbers for comparison about aggregate pack capacity, your whole point is kind of moot.



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