I wonder how long they can hold that up, I'm sure they won't be counting on it sticking out for long though. No matter what they do or how deep their connection is, 'the future' is an inevitability - it comes always. This affirms that an effort not spent on the right course will still eventually be spent on the wrong one; the one they should have spent in keeping up with development is the one they're now spending in slowing it down.

Toyota nicely demonstrating that if you fail to innovate as fast as your competitors you can always try switching to lobbying to maintain profits; even if it's about something as important as climate change! No wonder our environment is in poor shape when systems and incentives are set up like this. "The Japanese automaker, which is the largest car company in the world, has been quietly lobbying policymakers in Washington, DC to resist the urge to transition to an all-electric future — partly because Toyota is lagging behind the rest of industry in making that transition itself."