Toyota Motor Corp. did not seek U.S. government electric-vehicle or battery-making grants because so far it has no plans to bring that work to the United States from Japan, the automaker's top lobbyist said yesterday.
"We didn't see a need at this point in time to go for those funds," said Josephine Cooper, Toyota's group vice president for public policy and government/industry affairs.
But Toyota supports the government's offering those programs to other automakers and views Nissan Motor Co.'s receipt of $1.6 billion in the U.S. grants as a positive sign, she said.
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