My wife owns the 2021 Model Y, I have a Model 3 but the battery size is the same at 80kWh.
I agree that Toyota is looking at the resource impacts as they relate to the batteries but they don't state that.
Their poor description implies that the total resources required for each type includes the entire drive train(s) of each, not just the batteries. I would argue that all the steel, aluminum, rubber, etc. that is needed for hybrids and plug ins, added to the batteries, makes the comparison much closer to parity.
Their statement should have identified that they are only describing materials of the batteries, but they don't say that.
And they poop on charging infrastructure in the same ad or literature piece. Not everyone needs to fast-charge, 95% of my driving the Volt was electric and used my home charger-- they are being deliberately deceptive and I'm not sure why.
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