Once The Darling Of Enviromentalists, Toyota Now Defends It's Slow Pace Moving To EVs

Japan -- Toyota Motor Corp. pushed back against critics who say it has been slow to embrace electric vehicles, arguing it needed to offer a variety of powertrains to suit different markets and customers.

At its annual general meeting on Wednesday, the world's largest automaker by sales doubled down on its position that it would stick with technologies including fuel cells and full-hybrid vehicles that have for the past two decades made it a leader in cleaner cars.

Once a favorite with environmentalists for the Prius full-hybrid it popularized more than two decades ago, Toyota has come under fire from some investors for not phasing out gasoline-powered cars and its lobbying on climate policy.
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