>>wqaatw+D5
I don't think Americans understand how large Volkswagen is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group

https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/brands-and-brand-groups-...

>>wqaatw+D5
European EV sales by auto group per quarter:

https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Q...

>>rangun+mq
https://www.bike-ev.com/news/cars/byds-270-europe-sales-surg... But these numbers don't split out only EVs. So assuming these numbers are correct, BYD would be below even Geeley which seems... odd. It's probably availability bias, but I see BYD cars every day and that's not true for Geely.

>>_fizz_+(OP)
Tesla has largely accomplished its original mission of “accelerating the world to sustainable energy”.

Tesla forced the entire industry to accelerate to EV. Toyota could have been that pioneer and mover.

Earlier this year Tesla adjusted their mission to push for “a world of amazing abundance” based on renewable energy, autonomous driving, robotics, and AI.

https://www.tesla.com/about

>>asplak+Hw
Toyota is a car company. Toyota sells cars. Toyota has sold more cars than any other automaker for the last six years straight:

https://asia.nikkei.com/business/automobiles/toyota-remained...

Toyota had record sales in 2025:

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/toyota...

Toyota's strategy has worked.

>>rsynno+sE
Here in Norway they didn't want to send the bZ4K to a large cold weather range test recently performed[1].

Suzuki, which has a model based on the Toyota Urban Cruiser, disappointed quite a lot, with lowest range of those tested at 224 km (140 miles) and a 40% deviance from WLTP (best ones had 30% deviance).

Maybe decent in warmer climates, but probably not something for us further north.

On top was the Lucid Air, with 520 km (323 miles). The test started at -20C (-4F) and ended up at -30C (-22F), so the cars that went the furthest had it tougher.

[1]: https://www.tek.no/nyheter/nyhet/i/d4mMkA/verdens-stoerste-r...