Mr. Bean Was Right – and So Was Toyota

With the current infrastructure and technologies (batteries &amp; engines), it doesn&#x27;t make sense to rely upon either technology entirely.<p>Most drivers would see the best performance, ecological, and financial benefits by driving a hybrid vehicle, whether in series or parallel -hybrid-drive configuration.<p>Full EVs should really only be purchased for performance or golf cart reasons... environmentally friendly <i>they are not</i>.

We&#x27;re at the stage where the propagandists just repeat all the other propaganda as proof they were right.<p>And the manufactured reality seeps into unrelated stories. I saw a story on Bloomberg that explained the drop in price of lithium as due to the reduced sales of EVs.<p>No fudging about &quot;reduced projections&quot; or &quot;slowing growth&quot; just flat out stating an obvious lie, probably entirely unintentionally.<p>Just trying to bash out a story about lithium prices and haven&#x27;t there been lots of headlines giving the impression that EV sales are down? And that&#x27;s how propaganda works.