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Originally Posted by SteveinArizona

Toyota doing a rather poor effort at pretending the reason isn't that it can't currently compete in the space.

https://electrek.co/2019/10/31/toyot...ing-fleet-mpg/

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07...he-transition/

But it is being criticized by investors so it is pretending:

https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...at-2021-04-19/

Years of carryover drivetrains have caught up to Toyota. Easy to profit and stay reliable when you keep recycling drivetrains designed decades ago.