Holy shit, all major #car #companies including #bmw , #ford , #toyota , #tesla , #kia , #subaru and more *all* #collect your #personal #data for any reason they want to and #sell it: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/p.. The type of data includes any #conversation you have, which somehow includes any #passenger you have in your #car !
#toyota working on a #manual #ev - good! https://insideevs.com/news/566896/toyota.. This could also pave the way for #retofitting older #fossilfuel #cars with #electric #motors ...
Interesting that #japan 's #toyota is hit with a #cyberattack just as #russia #invades #ukraine and #japan join in blocking #russian #banks from #swift https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/toyota.. I #suspect they are getting #attacked by either #russia or #china who would be #incentivized to take #advantage of this #situation ...
This is a pretty cool move by #toyota to #refresh #old #cars to #new #condition after some 10 years have passed: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/busin.. #reuse is much better than #recycle !
Sounds like the #silicon #chip #shortage is still going strong, with #toyota looking to slash global #production by 40% https://www.bbc.com/news/business-582667.. I suspect their internal #stockpiles are now depleted... And this is why many Countries need their *own* #manufacturing and not to rely on #china - who are now purposely restricting #foreign #export for in-house use.
Turns out that #toyota gambled heavily on #hydrogen as the #transport #energy of tomorrow and lost out to #ev #cars such as #tesla https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/toy.. I don't believe the #prius #hybrid is entirely a lost cause though, but the fact they are now #lobbying to slowdown the transition to #electric vehicles is a bad move. They should feel very ashamed for that action.