Toyota Launches Tiny EV in Japan: The “C+Pod”

As shown in the video below, an auto analyst, “Elliot” takes a spin in Toyota’s Japan-only electric kei car: the C+Pod, and asks, “Could this tiny EV be the affordable electric car we’ve been waiting for, and a sign that Toyota might be more serious about electric that it first appeared?”

The answer is no. Toyota knows very well that low- and medium-speed EVs (top speed 37 MPH) have an extremely limited appeal, if only because they require most people to own two cars.  And this one, made of plastic, sounds like a distinctly noisy and otherwise unpleasant driving experience.

To me, this appears like just another attempt at greenwashing on Toyota’s part.  I don’t even give it a C+, pardon the pun.