Akio Toyoda "blasts" electric cars? He Xiaopeng said the momentum is unstoppable!

Small Peng Automobile CEO He Xiaopeng recently sent a microblogging on the Toyota Group boss Toyoda Akio "bombarded" the electric car to express their views. The general idea we can see, electric vehicles to replace traditional fuel vehicles is the trend. It's like when smartphones replaced traditional cell phones.

Let's take a look at how this all started. In fact, the trigger was newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who not long ago announced that Japan would achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. And in order to reach that policy goal, a ban on the sale of fuel cars may begin in 2035.

This makes Toyota Akio can't sit still, direct public occasions to blast the Japanese government, and said that premature end of fuel vehicles, or will bring disastrous consequences. For example, in the Japanese region, if all the cars are electric vehicles, then in the summer peak electricity consumption, Japan's power grid will simply collapse. And in order to support such a large EV market, more than a trillion RMB would need to be invested in infrastructure. And EVs are not environmentally friendly, generating even more carbon dioxide than conventional fuel cars.

In fact, many countries or regions have either implicitly or explicitly expressed a ban on the sale of fuel vehicles, but most car companies in public, are relatively "positive" with the governments to perform. Is there no one who shares the same view as Akio Toyoda? I'm guessing there are, but Toyota's voice is loud enough for us to hear it.

First of all, we're very positive about Mr. Toyoda's actions, and there's nothing wrong with his views. First of all, it's true that electric cars are not environmentally friendly at this stage, and many people have been fooled by their eco-friendly veneer. On this point, Mazda's Mitsuo Hitomi made the same point a long time ago. It has to do with the current stage of the power mix, which relies too much on thermal power generation, a method that produces a lot of carbon dioxide and really has nothing to do with the environment. Of course, some regions may be able to slowly improve the problem by adjusting their power generation mix, for example by increasing the proportion of cleaner forms of power generation, such as wind, hydro, and nuclear, but this will undoubtedly be a slow and costly endeavor.

If the electric car is not environmentally friendly, what makes it more and more popular? Quite simply, the experience is good. This experience does not mean that it is slow and troublesome for you to charge, but that it is really fast and stable, and the driving experience is excellent. Plus, the OTA difficulty is very low, and your car can even be upgraded at any time. Tesla is able to reduce braking distance by a few meters through software upgrades, which is pretty much unattainable in the traditional fuel car segment. This is the real attraction for consumers, who are not fools and will not shell out money for so-called environmental protection and policy. In our opinion, it seems inaccurate to say that it is a competition between fuel and electric vehicles, and perhaps more appropriate to call it a competition between traditional and smart vehicles.

As for the government to develop electric vehicles so vigorously, perhaps there is a strong determination? After all, electricity is essentially a renewable resource, and this feature is enough to kill traditional fuel cars, which require fossil energy to power them. Governments may feel that it's feasible to promote EVs widely enough before slowly restructuring the electricity mix.

So what's wrong with He Xiaopeng's argument? Not really. When you look far enough ahead, you know that fossil energy, a non-renewable resource, is never a long-term solution. Add to that the fact that EVs will become more and more convenient as infrastructure is built, and the government's push to change the power mix, and EVs are indeed the trend, at least at this stage.

It's actually a bit much to say that Akio Toyoda is blasting EVs, and his core point, is that he feels that some manufacturers and governments, are a bit too eager. We believe that if the infrastructure is good and the power structure is excellent, Akio Toyoda is not opposed to EVs. It's a bit ridiculous that some media outlets are covering this story by saying that Toyota can't beat the others yet they don't want to join in. When the smart phone to the traditional cell phone replacement, because the smart phone has a higher manufacturing threshold, both software and hardware are compared to traditional cell phones put forward higher requirements. But what I don't think anyone would deny is that electric cars have a much lower manufacturing threshold than traditional fuel cars. It's the equivalent of the class bully missing a few days of class, the scumbag working hard for a few days, and just in time for a new class, you think the bully can't do it? What makes you think a bunch of people who have never built a car before can build it well, and a company that has been building cars for decades can't?

Of course, we're not looking down on the new car makers, but we need to look squarely at these formidable rivals. They may not be a hit, but they are a hit. Today, we read in the foreign media that Toyota is now working hard on solid-state batteries, and it's making good progress. It is expected to release a prototype next year, and mass production is possible in the next few years. Solid-state batteries are simply safer and more stable, with higher energy density and faster charging than traditional electrolyte batteries. However, it is a technology that has been in the theoretical stage due to too many technical barriers. If Toyota really mass-produces this technology, it will be an industry-changing presence. There's no reason to underestimate a brand that can maximize the power of its hybrid system, which has a much higher technological threshold than pure electric power.

This article comes from the authors of the Automotive House Car Family, and does not represent the viewpoint position of the Automotive House.