Japanese EV Makers to Showcase Upcoming Models at Auto Show
Japanese automakers are poised to debut a variety of electric vehicle models at an upcoming auto show in a bid to catch up to EV industry leaders Tesla and BYD. Toyota, Japan’s largest vehicle brand, has been slow to take to electrification and is one of the only major automakers with barely any footprint in the nascent EV industry. Aside from its limited hybrid offerings, Toyota has only one battery-electric car on the market: the Toyota bZ4X. Toyota’s executive in charge of EVs Takero Kato has said more than once that the company “loves battery EVs,” a sentiment he believes…