Toyota has appointed Kenta Kon as its new CEO, effective April 1. Current CEO Koji Sato, who has been in the role since 2023, will become vice chairman and chief industry officer. Kon currently serves ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Lyon is based in Tokyo and writes about the car industry. Toyota’s chairman Akio Toyoda claims that one electric car causes ...

In news that’ll shock no one, the chairman of an automotive juggernaut earns millions. However, Akio Toyoda’s compensation is way less than that of GM and Ford’s CEOs. Still, his paycheck is twice ...

As the automotive industry braces for an uncertain future, consolidation of big players who were once vicious competitors is all but inevitable. Yet before a battered and diminished Nissan sought out ...

So, car company executives: Who's got the bigger rocket? A subtle but obvious dig at Tesla CEO Elon Musk came from none other than Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda at CES 2025 yesterday, amid his keynote ...

Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed Monday at CES 2025 his vision for a living laboratory chock-full of startups and technology. His message: Woven City — a prototype city on a 175-acre site at ...

It does not matter how often people write about the automotive industry's worrying state of affairs. I have done so more frequently than I would like to, and things get more concerning every day.

In 2023, after more than a decade at the helm of the automotive giant founded by his grandfather, Akio Toyoda stepped aside as CEO of Toyota, and Koji Sato took his place. Now, just three years later, ...