Toyota head to lead EV division
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TOYOTA Motor Corp yesterday 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.
Akio Toyoda, grandson of the company’s founder Kiichiro Toyoda, has been at the helm of the world’s largest automaker since 2009. He will head the company’s electric vehicle planning department along with Executive Vice Presidents Mitsuhisa Kato and Shigeki Terashi.
“By putting the president and vice presidents in charge of the department, we plan to speed up development of electric cars,” said Toyota spokeswoman Kayo Doi, following a personnel change announcement by the company.
“The president will directly oversee the department’s operations to enable decisions to be made quickly and nimbly.”
The department comprises a new in-house unit to plan Toyota’s strategy to develop and market electric cars as part of its efforts to keep pace with the tightening global emissions regulations.
Toyota is also shifting the chief engineer of its Prius petrol-hybrid to its EV efforts, appointing Koji Toyoshima to head the division’s engineering team.
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