It's an article written based on a visit in July? And it seems to only be talking about what the plant workers did during the shut down? I don't think it has anything to say about now.
The plant is operating - but apparently it's "lots of crowns" being made.
Maybe you are right, but when you take in consideration the fact that this is the first ever full ev for Toyota, the recall itself at last minute for a dumb reason like falling wheels, the buyback, the radio silence since then, dealers with no answers, probably no delivery before december, and finally any confirmation that the plant is up and running for the BZ4X and Solterra, I think were not that far from a disaster....
Just a comment on the buy back: That was only put into place because of US (more specifically California mostly) lemon laws. It was reported that lemon decals / documents were placed onto / into bought back bZ4X units in the states. I understand that doesn't change the fact that it was done and that the whole thing seems like a botched mess, just pointing out that Toyota most likely wouldn't have done it had it not been for the lemon laws. Seems they wanted to control the narrative instead of being told that they have to do something by law.Maybe you are right, but when you take in consideration the fact that this is the first ever full ev for Toyota, the recall itself at last minute for a dumb reason like falling wheels, the buyback, the radio silence since then, dealers with no answers, probably no delivery before december, and finally any confirmation that the plant is up and running for the BZ4X and Solterra, I think were not that far from a disaster....
Well the article isn't about the bZ4X or Solterra, but those are the only 2 visible vehicles (as far as I can tell) shown on the production line -- so likely they are being built just as fast as the plant's other models.
Inappropriately so, I think. When I saw that screaming title, it conjured thoughts of explosions or Tsunamis or some such.
Yes, this is the picture that goes with that title
I thought there was a hurricane or another nuclear meltdown!
There were photos of Crowns shipping from there within a few days of the 7th so I would assume it's been restarted at least for the Crown. Have no confirmation that the bZ4X or Solterra have started back up though.
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They HAVEN'T announced that it DIDN'T restart (and that's the kind of thing they would announce).
Yeah, since seemingly all the estimated delivery dates (including the earliest orders) are being pushed to December, it doesn't much matter if the line has restarted yet at this point.
