Toyota admit BYD's hybrid tech is BETTER - decides to use it in future cars

Toyota Hybrid is different architecture than BYD. Toyota Hybrid is based on ICE. BYD is an electric hybrid, electric engine. It is more efficient than ICE hybrid

Why buy it from the middleman when you can buy it from the source. Unless you are a diehard Toyota fan, BYD is a no brainer.

Even if Toyota uses BYD hybrid engines, it still faces at least 3 big obstacles. 1. Interior not as tech savvy as Chinese EVs, 2. Production cost not as low as China's, 3. Slower model change cycles than China's. We are still not talking about autonomous driving technology of which China is sure more advance than Japan's.

BYD is a step ahead of Toyota - BYD is phasing out hybrids to go fully electric, while Toyota is phasing out pure ICE to go fully hybrid. What is wrong with this picture?

Good news for American, they can now buy "BYD" inside Toyota sold in US.

While U.S. ban Chinese ev. Chinese EV is advancing in hyperspeed

The automakers that will survive the Next revolution will be the ones that are the most effective at partnering. People mightn’t like Toyota but if they’re parrnering with BYD they are going to survive. I don’t think too many American autos are going to survive because of that.

It is painful looking at the car prices in North America. Market needs more competition.

If a company does not own the technology, then the other reason to choose their products will be build quality. I think for cars this is an important factor. The Chinese cars used to be known for subpar quality at lower prices. But with more automation this seems to be changing pretty quickly. Meanwhile, more and more dodgy practices from Japanese brands are being exposed and the attitude of the Japanese makers are quite concerning. Personally I am extra worried about 2 things. First the fake safety tests. The airbags were set to pop by timer instead of sensors during collision tests. As a result there's quite a few photos and videos with completely smashed cars and zero airbags deployed and multiple fatalities. Secondly cutting corners in materials. The same model say Camry with thinner and thinner steel pipes over the years as firewall "safety bar" that stands between me and the engine. The Japanese cars are so often mocked as "energy absorption boxes" in China and you can find photos of accidents with a Chinese car sandwiched between 2 Japanese cars with smashed front and rear while you can hardly see a scratch on the Chinese car. It used to be said you have to choose between fuel economy and safety. Looks like that age is now over.

5:19, no people just won't know...tourist who goes to Indonesia to ride the bullet train haven't the slightest clue it's a Chinese bullet train and their tech, but will praise the hell out of Indonesia inovation...and even if you tell them on the comment section, they don't believe me...

BYD have said they have 60 000 engineers - compared the 10 000 Toyota engineers you mention.

I'm in the US. If I could buy a BYD car badged as a Toyota I would be fine with that.

A non-plugin hybrid batter needs only a 2 mile range, and NMH makes sense for cost. A PHEV battery needs a 40 mile range, so Li is needed for weight.

It's VERY smart move! It buys them time to attempt to leap frog BYD & if they can't, they have a base to sell into!

Many people have tested the new BYD's and they actually do 2100 km under normal driving.

Nice video but as I understand Toytoa is only good at self-charging hybrids and they are not good with plugin-in hybrids and EVs.

It is because you can't buy a BYD in the US. So Toyota can repackage a BYD and sell it at higher price.

I've driven Toyota hybrids for 13 years and all of my cars have been awesome. Not a single drop of oil needed to top up. The only parts bought are one set of front brake pads and a windscreen wiper! And I've driven about 260,000 miles.

Yes, NiMH batteries are heavy, and they're old tech compared to LiIon. But they have some good points too. First is lifespan. They do not degrade by the calendar. 25 year old NiMH batteries are still working today. Second they are non-combustible. Third: No Cobalt. And that's about it. Each cell is only 1.2V. So very low energy density and the chemistry is slow compared to Lithium, so no regen braking. They were the best batteries Toyota could use when they first released the Prius. But it restricted Toyota to a very small traction battery.

I want a BoYoDa Celica.