Toyota Rethinks Long-Term EV Strategy, Calls Tesla Y 'Work of Art,' Report Says

02 Mar 2023 | Abstracted from Autoblog

"...engineers at Toyota disassembled a Tesla Model Y to study its competition, a common practice among automakers...found were innovative manufacturing techniques that led one unnamed insider to call the Model Y "a work of art."

"Tesla's approach resulted in a vehicle that was 220 pounds lighter with hundreds of fewer parts...Toyota is not entirely sure that EVs made by Tesla or BYD would stand up to the company's rigorous internal quality standards."

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