{"id":4785,"date":"2024-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/toyota-executives-slam-u-s-regulations-to-boost-electric-car-sales\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:33:26","slug":"toyota-executives-slam-u-s-regulations-to-boost-electric-car-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/news\/toyota-executives-slam-u-s-regulations-to-boo-82313412.html","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Executives Slam U.S. Regulations To Boost Electric Car Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Toyota Motor Corp.&#8217;s chief operating officer for North America, Jack Hollis, criticized U.S. policies that are driving the rapid adoption of electric vehicles, calling them &#8220;de facto mandates&#8221; that are out of sync with consumer demand, Bloomberg reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hollis noted that government support for electric vehicles has been a hot topic during the U.S. presidential election process, but argued that sales of pure electric vehicles should grow organically, not by limiting sales of gasoline-powered vehicles. &#8220;The whole EV ecosystem is ahead of the consumer and not aligned with consumer demand.&#8221; Bloomberg said Hollis was referring to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California&#8217;s tailpipe emissions regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In March, the EPA set strict emissions limits, forcing automakers to accelerate sales of all-electric and plug-in hybrid models over the next few years and limit carbon dioxide emissions to 85 grams per mile by 2032. This policy of the current U.S. President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has been a frequent target of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s attacks in the run-up to the Nov. 5 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0California, the largest auto market in the U.S., has more stringent regulations aimed at phasing out all new fuel-efficient vehicles by 2035, and many states have adopted them.Hollis said the policies create a cost burden for consumers because electric vehicles tend to be more expensive than gasoline-powered cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0However, Hollis declined to speculate on whether Toyota would support measures the Trump administration might take to block California&#8217;s zero-emission vehicle regulations, &#8220;I hope it doesn&#8217;t come to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In addition to the two all-electric models currently on sale in the U.S. market, Toyota plans to launch two U.S.-made electric vehicles in 2026, and Hollis revealed that a new plant at the company&#8217;s North Carolina facility is looking at adjusting the share of production for all-electric vehicles versus batteries for hybrids. The plant, which is expected to open next year, has 10 lines for pure or plug-in electric vehicle batteries and four lines for hybrid batteries.<\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Toyota Motor Corp.&#8217;s chief operating officer for North America, Jack Hollis, criticized U.S. policies that are driving the rapid adoption of electric vehicles, calling them &#8220;de facto mandates&#8221; that are out of sync with consumer demand, Bloomberg reports. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hollis noted that government support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newslist-136510-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9206,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785\/revisions\/9206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superpdr.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}