讲这篇新闻之前想先讲一下日本的公司管理阶层组织架构，跟台湾不大相同
可能很多人也了解就请跳过(讲错的地方请指正)
日本的公司会长类似于董事长、集团主席
而社长都是由取缔役会(董事会)里面的各类取缔役(董事)选出，实际负责公司经营
相当于CEO或总经理
社长退任后也常常担任会长一职，但不是绝对
丰田目前的社长是丰田章男(1956年生，61岁)
会长则是内山田竹志(1946年生，71岁)
这次出来讲话的是会长内山田，不是丰田章男
内山田在接受专访时表示，他怀疑消费者会立刻投向电动车的怀抱
丰田不是排斥电动车，但是要提供足够的续航力，电动车必须安装许多电池
也要花很多时间充电，并且电池的寿命也是一项问题
他认为车辆在完全由电池驱动之前，还必须经历2~3次的电池技术突破
但他也坦承，随着中国与美国法令的改变
车厂若不推出电动车的话就会被淘汰出局，所以丰田正在研发比较好的电池技术
Electrek的观点认为丰田是在等待法令改变之后(变的更严)再投入更多的技术在电动车上
换句话说若不是法令的关系，丰田对于锂电池电动车是兴趣缺缺
丰田目前的EV部门是由丰田章男领导，预计要在2020年推出第一台纯电动车
丰田的北美高层其实也还是专情于燃料电池车，内部的杂音其实很大
这种事情也不难想像，丰田这种大公司内部的决策过程要改变其实很难
很多事情不是丰田章男一个人说了算
虽然丰田本身也有意识到决策缓慢这问题进行组织再造，但成果还有待观察
https://ifun01.com/P9ITF2X.html
现在算是被中国的法令逼着要推出锂电池电动车
内山田不晓得知不知道Tesla Model S被拿去当出租车
已经有3年40万公里甚至是2年48万公里的实例出现？
并且电池建康度保持得很好
他到现在还在怀疑锂电池电动车的续航力与寿命问题是不是有些过时了呢？
松下与丰田也算是好基友，难道丰田都没有向松下征询过专业意见吗？
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Toyota chairman explains why they are falling behind with electric vehicles
Toyota is undoubtedly lagging behind the rest of the auto industry when it
comes to all-electric vehicles. They don’t have a single purely
battery-powered car on the market since discontinuing the Rav4 EV, which was
a compliance car with a powertrain made by Tesla, and they don’t plan to
have one for the next few years. We reviewed the Prius Prime which we found
disappointing, noting that it was a shame that this green innovator had
fallen so far.
Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyota’s Chairman, laid out why they are not making
significant moves in the sector.
He told CNBC earlier today:
“I must say up front that we’re not against electric vehicles. But in order
for electric vehicles to cover long distances, they currently need to be
loaded with a lot of batteries that take a considerable amount of time to
charge. There’s also the issue of battery life, But as laws and regulations
(that encourage the development of electric vehicles) come into effect in
places like China and the U.S., car makers will have no choice but to roll
out electric vehicles or risk going out of business. Toyota is no exception,
but we’re skeptical there would be a rapid shift to pure electric vehicles,
given questions over user convenience.”
In other words, they don’t believe battery technology is where it needs to
be to enable all-electric vehicles and they are waiting for regulations to
become more demanding before they invest more heavily in the technology.
Electrek’s Take
The problem with waiting for regulations to drive the market is that they are
not actually waiting. They are actually actively backing efforts to slow down
those same regulations, which makes their motive very clear.
Toyota has been betting on more efficient and durable internal combustion
engines for decades now and they got good at it. Their assets are now linked
to the production of those engines and going electric means to be leaving
that behind.
It’s true that battery technology still has room to improve, but it’s not
true to say that battery-powered EVs are not viable today. Tesla, Nissan,
Renault, and other automakers have been making hundred of thousands of them.
EVs are getting better at it every year as battery technology has been
improving, but Toyota is waiting on battery “breakthroughs”, said
Uchiyamada, instead of working with the incremental improvements.
Toyota recently showed some signs of moving to battery-electric cars. They
announced that Akio Toyoda, the company’s CEO and grandson of founder
Kiichiro Toyoda, is now President of a new ‘EV Business Planning’
department that will oversee the launch of an all-electric vehicle by 2020.
It was an encouraging move for EV enthusiasts, but now that kind of language
from Uchiyamada is discouraging.