Toyota's ex-president Toyoda still hates electric motors above all else

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    "title": "Toyota's ex-president Toyoda still hates electric motors above all else - \"I was the only one\"",
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    "excerpt": "Toyota's ex-president Toyoda still hates electric motors above all else - \"I was the only one\"\n\nFormer Toyota president Akio Toyoda fears the electric transition and swears by a multi-drivetrain strategy.\n\nToday13:07\n\nJuha Salonen\n\nToyota's former president Akio Toyoda can be considered a deeply unhappy man. This is not about past power - Toyoda still has plenty of that.\n\nNo, now it's about a much deeper sorrow - the car man says he is alone in his love for internal combustion engines.\n\nAs his greatest fear, Toyoda mentions the electric disruption, which is driving the industry's transition to the era of electric cars. The auto executive opened up about his concerns regarding the industry.\n\n\"My biggest fear has been that everyone would switch to electric cars,\" he said in an interview with Auto Express.\n\nAn open secret.\n\nToyoda's antipathy toward electric cars is an open secret in industry circles. The head of the world's largest automaker is fiercely devoted to internal combustion engines.\n\n\"A few years ago, I was the only one who said I love the smell of engines, the sounds, and the engines. I also said I want to preserve jobs for engine manufacturers.\"\n\nToyoda does not believe all auto executives share his preferences for combustion engines.\n\n\"Somehow I feel I am the only one of my kind. That makes me very lonely.\"\n\nElectric car on the shelf.\n\nToyota has, of course, added a...",
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