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And, a recent tour of one of the Asian powerhouse's vehicle plants has proved this beyond a shadow of a doubt, at least to Honda President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe.

"We have no chance against this," Mibe said upon a visit to a Shanghai parts factory, commenting on its seamless automation across all levels of production. Logistics, procurement and all aspects of the process were so automated, in fact, that he did not spot a single human worker on the supplier's floor.

Ford executives saying even three years ago that China was way ahead of the game

Toyota's CEO has likewise said regarding not just his company, but the industry in general, "unless things change, we will not survive"

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[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. Spot on. And the Busy Forks not only has an awful name, not only has awful styling, but it is an extraordinarily bad EV by any measure. E-waste indeed

[–] Dymonika@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait, I haven't read up about it. What makes it so bad?

[–] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well the wheels fall off, that's not ideal. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM)

Other than that it has poor battery size for the cost, slow charging, and poor efficiency (burns more kW per mile/km).

There are more criticisms, but they're the big ones. It is just not a good EV.

And the wheels really did fall off initially, they had to do a recall. Was a design error.

Now recalls happen very often to all companies but for straight up safety issues they're rare. They tend to be a lot smaller issues.

The thing with the wheels though is just indicative of how little care they took with it, Toyota are renowned for quality, sure they're boring designs but they're built to last right ? Well this one seems to be been designed by the work experience kid and a punishment detail who clearly didnt want to be on a BEV.

[–] Dymonika@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, shoot, yeah, I do now remember about the wheel recall! You're right; Toyota has fallen in quality. I'm now recalling Genesis overtaking them in JD Powers' reliability ratings... I've gotta review this stuff more. So sad, but we really should never have brand loyalty.

[–] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can just buy a JD Power award btw. The auto manufacturers pay to play. Its a marketing company.

[–] Dymonika@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago