TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp made Lexus president Koji Sato chief executive officer, replacing the long-serving Akio Toyoda as the world’s biggest carmaker navigates the auto industry’s once-in-a-generation shift toward electrification and greater automation.
Toyoda, grandson of the Japanese car giant’s founder, became chairman effective April 1, the company said in a statement yesterday.
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