Sometimes I think there are several worlds out there and the alternative realities sometimes sit alongside one another. And so it is with Toyota (TM) and the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) revolution. In November of last year, Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada claimed that BEVs are not yet ready for mass production. Der Spiegel quoted Chairman Uchiyamada as saying “Battery-powered cars with a long range are very expensive and it takes a long time to charge them. Such cars do not fit with our program.”
Chairman Uchiyamada’s words of scepticism don’t ring true with