Well, people would rather drive a lower powered ICE than a EV. Archive: https://archive.today/1I4MF From the post: >>Three of Japan's biggest car makers have shunned electric vehicles and vowed to achieve carbon neutrality by developing cleaner internal combustion engines (ICE). Toyota, Mazda and Subaru announced in Tokyo this week they will commit to bringing to market smaller engines to use alongside hybrid technology and adopt green biofuels to lower vehicle emissions. Toyota, the world's biggest car seller, described its new compact ICE as 'an engine reborn'.