Akio Toyoda: Electric cars will make Japan without electricity.

Suga Yoshihide, Japan's new Prime Minister, announced to the outside world that Japan will ban the sale of fuel vehicles in 2035, thus entering a low-carbon society.

This means that there is not much time left for car companies, and the transformation is imminent.

Faced with the hastily issued regulations by the government, Akio Toyoda, CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation, obviously complained a lot, and publicly stated: If Japan is too hasty in banning the sale of fuel vehicles, the current business model of the automobile industry will face collapse, which will lead to millions of people losing their jobs.

This sentence is not out of thin air. Only in the annual sales list of Japanese cars on 20 19, Toyota models account for 7 models, except Prius hybrid, the rest are fuel vehicles.

In this regard, Akio Toyoda's bombardment of pure electric vehicles is not without purpose. After all, banning the sale of fuel vehicles is tantamount to a "dimensionality reduction blow" for Toyota.

Why did Akio Toyoda attack the pure tram?

In recent years, pure trams have risen too fast, and there is quite a sense in it.

You know, Toyota used to be the most profitable car manufacturer in the world, but with the rise of Tesla, everything has become a cloud.

Akio Toyoda believes that pure electric vehicles are overvalued, not environmentally friendly, and have great pressure on national infrastructure, so they cannot become the future form of automobiles.

Many media take this out of context and think that this statement is full of loopholes. After all, pure electric vehicles are the general trend. Is Akio Toyoda getting old? In fact, this sentence of Akio Toyoda should be time-sharing, which means that Akio Toyoda doesn't like pure electric vehicles facing the Japanese market.

He said that at present, Japan is mainly a country that relies on coal and natural gas to generate electricity. Although electric vehicles will not emit any emissions when used, they have already emitted harmful substances such as carbon dioxide in advance when producing electricity.

Akio Toyoda criticized electric vehicles for protecting the interests of his own enterprises, but it also proved that pure electric vehicles are difficult to implement in Japan.

Pure trams are difficult to implement in Japan.

First of all, we should know that China's electricity sources mainly come from coal burning, nuclear power, hydropower, wind energy and garbage incineration. Electric energy itself is in short supply in China, and the development of pure electric vehicles indirectly increases the burden of electric energy.

In Japan, all energy is basically maintained by imports, whether it is coal or oil.

Based on the current situation of related industries in Japan, Akio Toyoda believes that most of Japan's electricity comes from coal and natural gas. On this basis, a large number of pure electric vehicles are not good for the environment. The more pure electric vehicles are produced, the more carbon emissions will increase.

It is even more difficult to promote pure electric vehicles in Japan, because Japan is vast and sparsely populated. If the pure electric vehicle is implemented, it is necessary to install a charging device, which is an insurmountable problem from any aspect.

In addition, if all Japanese cars are powered by electricity, there will be a power shortage in Japan in summer.

Not only that, Akio Toyoda also believes that when the government and car companies complete the transition from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles, they will also release a lot of carbon dioxide, causing huge pollution.

However, Toyota is also actively preparing for the new energy vehicle market, but it is taking a completely different road.

At present, Toyota is making every effort to develop hydrogen-powered vehicles, which are many times more expensive than electricity. The discharged gas is pure water, which has got rid of the dependence on fossil fuels and basically achieved zero pollution.

As early as 20 14, the Japanese government clearly put forward the strategic direction of accelerating the construction and development of "hydrogen energy society" in the Fourth Basic Energy Plan.

However, the high cost seriously limits the development of hydrogen energy and brings great pressure to Toyota. Therefore, even though pure electricity has many disadvantages in Japan, it can only be the lesser of the two evils.

Write it at the end

Japan is an island country, and its geographical structure determines that it is impossible to carry out large-scale power grid construction. Therefore, Akio Toyoda is worried that there is no electricity supply in Japan, and it may be a better choice to develop hydrogen energy and other energy sources in another way.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.