Akio Toyoda
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Every automaker is now working on one or many electric cars, but some are at the head of the pack and others lag behind. General Motors already sells the 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt EV, and Volkswagen has firm plans for multiple electric cars by 2020 and as many as 30 by 2025. That leaves Toyota, the third of the world's three largest carmakers and by far the most profitable, lagging behind. DON'T MISS: Why Toyota's 'agonizing' U-turn toward electric cars? Because China says so While CEO and namesake Akio Toyoda is now heading a special project team to build an all-electric car by 2020, he still...
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Why Toyota's 'agonizing' U-turn toward electric cars? Because China says soLarge auto companies are likely aircraft carriers: it takes a long time for them to change direction, and far longer yet to get them aligned on a new course. To various degrees, the world's carmakers have started to produce and sell vehicles that plug-in, whether for some or all of their travels...
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Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda to run electric-car division
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda will lead the company's new electric-car division.
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What Does 'Getting Rid Of Gasoline' Mean? To Toyota, It's Hydrogen
Toyota's president makes the case for fuel-cell cars.
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2016 Toyota Mirai Name For Fuel-Cell Sedan; Hydrogen Station Funds Coming For Northeast (Video)
The hydrogen fuel-cell sedan that goes on sale in North America roughly a year from now will be known as the 2016 Toyota Mirai, the company announced today. The model name--confirming a rumor that had circulated for several months--was announced by Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda in a video released this...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: Electric Car Round-Up
Between the wreck of a Volvo and a $300k Mercedes supercar, the 2011 Detroit Auto show is giving the electric car fan plenty of variety, so if you're planning to visit the show between now and closing time on January 23, here are the electric vehicles you should make the time to see and the EV...
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What do you do when the president of the world's number-one global auto producer stops by your stand? Give him the tour around the car that you're planning to assemble in his former factory, of course. By chance we were hanging around the Tesla stand at the 2011 Detroit auto show when Akio Toyoda (and an entourage of several) walked up and started sizing up the Model S—shown in 'body-in-white,' structurally exposed form for the first time at Detroit. Tesla engineers jumped to the task, showing him through noteworthy structural points. However, it's not as if Toyota and Tesla aren't...
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Tesla Thanks Toyota CEO with a 2011 Roadster Sport 2.5
Finding the perfect gift to say thank you is a difficult task. Finding the right thank you present is a fine line between a gift that will convey that special message and something you know is unique. So what do you give the CEO that has everything, especially if he runs the world’s largest...
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Questions answered: Live-blogging the Tesla-Toyota press conference
We’re here at Tesla’s new headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. live-blogging the announcement of a strategic partnership between Tesla Motors and Toyota. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are on stage. Elon Musk: This is...
John Voelcker
