Personally SLO, having just read your post elsewhere I think Toyota have already entered the full ev market albeit via the back door, our company E Berlingo fleet clearly have the stylized Toyota 'T' on all the major under bonnet components, pictures upon request!
On the the charge time thing, all current battery chemistry types, lipo, life, nmhi etc enjoy a much longer lifespan if charged slowly, yes they are all capable of being fast charged but it does effect there longevity, I muck around with rc cars and know from experience that a battery that is discharged to just above storage level ( 3.7/3.6 volts per cell) and then slowly recharged will have a much longer lifespan and give far better performance than a battery pack that is constantly only partially discharged then fast charged to capacity.
I know in the model world you can get chargers ( I've got one) that 'cycle' battery packs, they slowly discharge to storage level then slowly recharge to full capacity repeatabley, they can in most cases rescue a effectively dead pack, not sure if such a thing exists in the real car world?
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