When Japan played host to Group of Seven leaders last week, the country’s top auto executives formed a united front to deliver a familiar message:
Let’s throw everything we’ve got at carbon emissions reduction, and not just batteries.
It’s an appeal that Akio Toyoda of Toyota has been making for several years, and one that he’s caught grief for as carmakers led by Tesla and BYD stomp the accelerator on electric-vehicle production.
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