To get a sense of why Mr Akio Toyoda announced on Jan 26 that he would hand over the keys to the world’s biggest carmaker to Mr Koji Sato, his No. 2, watch the surreal video from 2021 of the two of them driving Toyota’s first Lexus electric vehicle (EV).
Mr Toyoda is at the wheel. At first, it is clear that he is a bit of an EV sceptic: He notes that the car feels heavy to drive. Then he puts his foot to the floor, and as the speed picks up, he whoops with joy like an overexcited Top Gun pilot.
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