講這篇新聞之前想先講一下日本的公司管理階層組織架構，跟台灣不大相同
可能很多人也了解就請跳過(講錯的地方請指正)
日本的公司會長類似於董事長、集團主席
而社長都是由取締役會(董事會)裡面的各類取締役(董事)選出，實際負責公司經營
相當於CEO或總經理
社長退任後也常常擔任會長一職，但不是絕對
豐田目前的社長是豐田章男(1956年生，61歲)
會長則是内山田竹志(1946年生，71歲)
這次出來講話的是會長內山田，不是豐田章男
內山田在接受專訪時表示，他懷疑消費者會立刻投向電動車的懷抱
豐田不是排斥電動車，但是要提供足夠的續航力，電動車必須安裝許多電池
也要花很多時間充電，並且電池的壽命也是一項問題
他認為車輛在完全由電池驅動之前，還必須經歷2~3次的電池技術突破
但他也坦承，隨著中國與美國法令的改變
車廠若不推出電動車的話就會被淘汰出局，所以豐田正在研發比較好的電池技術
Electrek的觀點認為豐田是在等待法令改變之後(變的更嚴)再投入更多的技術在電動車上
換句話說若不是法令的關係，豐田對於鋰電池電動車是興趣缺缺
豐田目前的EV部門是由豐田章男領導，預計要在2020年推出第一台純電動車
豐田的北美高層其實也還是專情於燃料電池車，內部的雜音其實很大
這種事情也不難想像，豐田這種大公司內部的決策過程要改變其實很難
很多事情不是豐田章男一個人說了算
雖然豐田本身也有意識到決策緩慢這問題進行組織再造，但成果還有待觀察
https://ifun01.com/P9ITF2X.html
現在算是被中國的法令逼著要推出鋰電池電動車
內山田不曉得知不知道Tesla Model S被拿去當計程車
已經有3年40萬公里甚至是2年48萬公里的實例出現？
並且電池建康度保持得很好
他到現在還在懷疑鋰電池電動車的續航力與壽命問題是不是有些過時了呢？
松下與豐田也算是好基友，難道豐田都沒有向松下徵詢過專業意見嗎？
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Toyota chairman explains why they are falling behind with electric vehicles
Toyota is undoubtedly lagging behind the rest of the auto industry when it
comes to all-electric vehicles. They don’t have a single purely
battery-powered car on the market since discontinuing the Rav4 EV, which was
a compliance car with a powertrain made by Tesla, and they don’t plan to
have one for the next few years. We reviewed the Prius Prime which we found
disappointing, noting that it was a shame that this green innovator had
fallen so far.
Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyota’s Chairman, laid out why they are not making
significant moves in the sector.
He told CNBC earlier today:
“I must say up front that we’re not against electric vehicles. But in order
for electric vehicles to cover long distances, they currently need to be
loaded with a lot of batteries that take a considerable amount of time to
charge. There’s also the issue of battery life, But as laws and regulations
(that encourage the development of electric vehicles) come into effect in
places like China and the U.S., car makers will have no choice but to roll
out electric vehicles or risk going out of business. Toyota is no exception,
but we’re skeptical there would be a rapid shift to pure electric vehicles,
given questions over user convenience.”
In other words, they don’t believe battery technology is where it needs to
be to enable all-electric vehicles and they are waiting for regulations to
become more demanding before they invest more heavily in the technology.
Electrek’s Take
The problem with waiting for regulations to drive the market is that they are
not actually waiting. They are actually actively backing efforts to slow down
those same regulations, which makes their motive very clear.
Toyota has been betting on more efficient and durable internal combustion
engines for decades now and they got good at it. Their assets are now linked
to the production of those engines and going electric means to be leaving
that behind.
It’s true that battery technology still has room to improve, but it’s not
true to say that battery-powered EVs are not viable today. Tesla, Nissan,
Renault, and other automakers have been making hundred of thousands of them.
EVs are getting better at it every year as battery technology has been
improving, but Toyota is waiting on battery “breakthroughs”, said
Uchiyamada, instead of working with the incremental improvements.
Toyota recently showed some signs of moving to battery-electric cars. They
announced that Akio Toyoda, the company’s CEO and grandson of founder
Kiichiro Toyoda, is now President of a new ‘EV Business Planning’
department that will oversee the launch of an all-electric vehicle by 2020.
It was an encouraging move for EV enthusiasts, but now that kind of language
from Uchiyamada is discouraging.