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In the light of recent announcements, CleanTechnica readers may like to revisit the analysis and predictions made by Dr Paul Wildman and myself about incumbent Western automakers (and, yes, we include the Japanese in that also). You can read and/or reread about Toyota circling the drain here, about the loss of the Western automotive industry here, and about the loss of the ICE mojo here.
Which recent announcements, you ask? How about Toyota’s global CEO, Koji Sato, announcing to the Japanese auto supplier network that unless they improve productivity and efficiency, “we will not survive.” He called for major changes and simplification. “I want everyone to acknowledge this sense of crisis. Right now, we in the automotive industry are battling for our very survival. A difficult battle lies ahead. We must work together as one and strengthen our ability to prevail.” Paul aptly comments: “They brought this on themselves, now they blame their suppliers, what bs.”
