Tag: Akio Toyoda
Op-Ed: Hiroshi Okuda–The Man Who Saved Toyota by Forcing It to Change
THE automotive world lost a visionary on August 8. Hiroshi Okuda, the former chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, who passed at 93, was the first outsider to break the Toyoda family’s grip on the company. But his true epitaph is this: he was the ruthless pragmatist who dragged a reluctant, … [continued]
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Toyota & Joby Aviation Are Really Trying To Build “Air Mobility for All” — Or So They Say
Small electric aviation vehicles have been getting hyped for … several years. I remember a writer on CleanTechnica who was obsessed with electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft nearly a decade ago. Heck, electric aircraft was even supposed to be the subject of Elon Musk’s first meeting with JB … [continued]
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Speculation Runs High About Toyota Corolla EV Ahead Of Japanese Mobility Show
Way back when, people used to go to auto shows. Remember when the Detroit Auto Show was a must for any self-respecting car company? If you don’t, we’re not surprised. It was eclipsed by the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas about the time the Tesla Model S first … [continued]
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Toyota Woven City Officially Launches as a Test Course for the Future of Mobility
20 inventors begin Kakezan (‘multiplication’) co-creation Singer-songwriter Naoto Inti Raymi joins Woven City as an Inventor The first group of residents, known as Weavers, officially move in TOKYO, Japan — Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Woven by Toyota, Inc. (“WbyT”) today announced the official launch of Toyota Woven City (“Woven City”), first … [continued]
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The “EVs Are Big Polluters” Circus Is Back In Town
EVs are under attack again. Blame it on Akio Toyoda. In April, the scion of the Toyota Motor Company said in an interview with Automotive News and republished by Toyota Times, “When the term carbon neutrality became popular, we said as a company the enemy is carbon. We have to … [continued]
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