How Akio Toyoda chose to announce his plans to step down

Toyota Akio Toyoda — Toyoda: "What I find unfortunate is that the media often thrives on conflict, setting BEVs against hybrids, for example."

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Reuters

January 26, 2023 08:16 PM

TOKYO -- When the head of Toyota announced on Thursday he would step down as CEO, Akio Toyoda opted for the news outlet he sees as the fairest source of information on the automaker's environmental record: his own.

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