Akio Toyoda Would Rather Die Than Adapt
Akio Toyoda says moving to electric cars will destroy the Japanese economy.
Akio Toyoda says moving to electric cars will destroy the Japanese economy.
Honda is getting a new CEO on April 1, one who may speed up its transition toward building electric vehicles.
Akio Toyoda says electric cars will increase pollution and crash the auto industry. Is it any wonder his company is so far behind as the EV revolution picks up speed?
During its latest earnings call, Toyota’s president, Akio Toyoda, had some thoughts about Tesla. He was hesitant, but in the end, he shared his opinion. “I am hesitant to say this — Tesla’s business …
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Toyota and Panasonic may create a new joint venture focused on the development of battery technology for use in electric vehicles, company execs revealed at a press conference on Wednesday.
In a recent interview with Automotive News, the CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, was quoted discussing the company’s electric vehicles plans — seemingly making it clear that the CEO (and company namesake) remains somewhat ambivalent about the tech.
While many of us were tempted to postulate that Toyota’s recent creation of an electric vehicle division perhaps wasn’t a serious move, the recent appointment of company president Akio Toyoda as head of the division seems to contradict that line of thought.
Toyota is aiming to achieve 14.2 billion kilometers (~8.8 billion miles) of autonomous test driving miles before it includes such technologies in its vehicles, going by comments made by Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda at the Paris Motor Show. I wonder if the company will really reach that figure … [continued]