Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds

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2. Japan and EV's

In a country such as Japan that gets most of its electricity from burning coal and natural gas, EVs don’t help the environment, Mr. Toyoda said. “The more EVs we build, the worse carbon dioxide gets,” he said.
https://archive.is/t63VN

The charging infrastructure IN THE USA is no where near what it must be to be an acceptable alternative at this time even without considering the fact above.

2/3rds of the battery EV's in the USA are actually powered by natural gas or coal because that's what powers 2/3rds of the power plants.

A new study reveals large diesel trucks to be the greatest contributors to harmful black carbon emissions close to major roadways, indicating that vehicle types matter more than traffic volume for near-road air pollution.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180910111237.htm

Trucks are a bigger contributor to pollution than cars but some people are convinced that every single vehicle in the USA MUST be powered by a 1,000 + pound battery that will die in around 10 years.

Even if Toyota went bankrupt next week they have done more to fight climate change with the Prius than every other car company on the planet.