Man with the plan?: Akio will head the company's electric vehicle (EV) planning department along with executive vice presidents Mitsuhisa Kato and Shigeki Terashi.
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday appointed its president to lead their newly formed electric car division, flagging its commitment to develop a technology that the automaker has been slow to embrace.
The change comes as the United States, China and European countries are encouraging automakers to make more all-electric battery cars as they push alternative energy strategies.
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