Mar 3, 2024
Total EV Adoption Is Not The Way Forward, Says Toyota Chairman
Former Toyota CEO, Akio Toyoda, believes that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are not the final answer, and is not afraid to say so.
About Akio Toyoda
- Akio Toyoda, grandson of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda, became CEO of the world's largest automaker eight years ago.
- In its most recent fiscal year, the Japanese car company made 10.4 million vehicles and pulled in upward of $20 billion in net profits.
- In March 2018, Toyota said it would invest nearly $3 billion to build software for autonomous cars, entering the competitive self-driving car field.
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- 68
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- Japan
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Keio University; Master of Business Administration, Babson College
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