, Columnist
Toyota Is Lost Without a Map
No clear vision emerges from the carmaker's web of stakes and alliances.
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What is Akio Toyoda's vision of the future?
The president of the world's biggest carmaker turns 65 in 2021, at around the time when a lot of the trends bearing down on Toyota Motor Corp. -- in particular, autonomous driving and electric vehicles -- are likely to be crystallizing. Yet it's hard to see what sort of company he plans to hand over when he retires, or ascends the staircase to the chairman's office.