One of the world’s leading energy analysts and electric vehicle experts has thoroughly debunked claims by global car giant Toyota that the current supply shortfall in lithium justifies its focus on mild hybrid cars and its go slow on electric vehicles. js" charset="utf-8">>In his recent address to the World Economic Forum, Pratt attempted to make the case that the world is facing lithium shortages and that those shortages justify the production of hybrid vehicles (which Toyota happens to produce in high volumes) over fully electric vehicles (which Toyota does not produce at high volumes). Hanley also said that it was “too early and too risky”  for Toyota to change its approach and start offering electric vehicles to its customers