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In the current environment where more and more governments are promoting the development of new energy vehicles, car companies around the world are constantly realizing the transformation of electrification in order to achieve more environmental protection. But Toyota President Akio Toyoda said recently that vigorously promoting electric cars will increase carbon emissions.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda attacked the Japanese government's plan to ban the sale of fuel cars in 2035, according to foreign media reports. It believes that electric vehicles are actually over-hyped, and advocates do not take into account the carbon emissions generated by the power generation process and the cost of the transition to electric vehicles.

Akio Toyoda explained that in Japan, for example, if all cars were to be driven by electric power, there could be power shortages in the summer. At the same time, we have to face the continuous investment of about 14 trillion to 37 trillion yen (882.1 billion to 2.33 trillion yuan) in the infrastructure for the full transformation of electric vehicles.

It is understood that Japan's electricity is mainly supplied by burning coal and natural gas, when more electric vehicles are produced, the more electricity they need, thus making carbon dioxide emissions more serious. And if the government wants to impose a ban on fuel-fueled cars, it will also make more ordinary consumers pay higher costs.

Akio Toyoda also mentioned whether it had considered that the business model of the Japanese auto industry would collapse and even cause millions of jobs if the government imposed a ban on fuel models.

In early December, Japanese media reported that the government would announce a ban on the sale of gasoline models from 2035, although gas-electric hybrids could still be sold. However, due to resistance from various parties, the Japanese government said it had not issued any formal statement. Among them, officials from Japan's Ministry of economy, Trade and Industry said that no decision had been made on the future of gasoline vehicles.

Although Toyota developed early in the field of electrified vehicles, earlier than most car companies, and took a leading position in the field of hybrid models with models such as the Toyota Prius, it did not launch pure electric models in Japan and the United States. instead, it launched hydrogen fuel cell models; in the Chinese market, it is only gradually opening gas-electric hybrid models and only two pure electric models, it can be said that the pace of models to the market is still very slow.

Perhaps it is the growing trend in electric cars that has sent Tesla's share price soaring, surpassing all traditional carmakers, including Toyota, to become the world's most valuable car company. With such amazing market value, Akio Toyoda, who has always kept a low-key and calm image in front of the media, rarely expressed sharp views in public and expressed contemptuous comments on Tesla.

"Tesla has not only seriously overvalued himself by $400 billion, but is not mature enough to influence global car trends, especially in the field of electric vehicle technology," Toyoda said. "

No matter what the reason, the transformation of the automobile industry in electrification and intelligence has become more and more obvious. As a more traditional Japanese car company, how to achieve the transformation may become all the problems they face.

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