ZeApelido
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Looking at the second most valuable car mfg I think they might be overvalued...
There's a story from Teknikens Værld an influental swedish car magazine out today. (Teknikens Värld - Wikipedia)
The new Toyota RAV4 PHEV failed the "moose-test" at just 68km/h, while barely passing grade is set at 72km/h. (The moose test is you agressively avoid an object in the road and then try to get back into your lane, simulating what happens if a moose jumps out of the forest onto the road). The RAV4's ESP didn't kick in and the car went into a full slide. Now this can happen to cars so in itself this is not major. But the interesting part is that happened to the last Hybrid RAV4 as well, and then Toyota fixed it. Now a few years later their newest model shows the same problem and they promise to fix it in January with a software update as long as you bring the car in.
Mind you this is not a recall and Toyota PR persons assure us that the car is built to the highest safety standards.
So the worlds nr 2 car producer again sends out a car with a safety defect, and can't fix it now but in a month and you still have to bring your car in for updates. Yeah that's really state of the art.
And people wonder about Tesla's valuation...
This reminds me when I lived in Sweden I would always read stories about moose eating too many fermented fruit, getting drunk, and running into cars on the road.
Those were the idyllic days before Sweden became a Covidfactory.