Akio Toyoda Mengundurkan Diri dari Jabatannya sebagai Ketua Asosiasi Produsen Mobil Jepang

Chairman Toyota akan digantikan oleh Masanori Katayama dari Isuzu sebagai pemimpin JAMA

TOKYO, Nov 27 (carscopps.com) - Chairman dan Master Driver Toyota, Akio Toyoda, pensiun dari posisinya sebagai ketua Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) yang mewakili 5,5 juta karyawan dari 14 produsen mobil. Toyoda adalah satu-satunya pejabat yang memimpin industri otomotif Jepang selama tiga kali masa periode selama dua tahun, yang menjabat pada tahun 2012, 2018, dan 2022.

Toyoda dikenal dengan memiliki sudut pandang yang penuh kehati-hatian terhadap penggunaan mobil listrik dan mobil otonom secara detail, dengan menganjurkan untuk memakai pendekatan sinergi ragam untuk masa depan industri otomotif. Terlepas dari banyaknya kritikan atas pandangan tersebut, Toyoda tetap mempertahankan langkah lambat adopsi mobil listrik di kalangan produsen mobil Jepang, dibandingkan dengan merek-merek saingannya, dan berusaha mencari jalur alternatif untuk mewujudkan penggunaan bahan bakar karbon netral.

Menanggapi kritik tersebut, Toyoda mengatakan bahwa sikap masyarakat secara umum telah berubah. Sang ketua yang akan segera pensiun ini mengakui bahwa yang mendorongnya untuk maju adalah "5,5 juta orang yang bekerja di garis depan", dan menambahkan bahwa "Perlu banyak waktu untuk mengubah banyak hal". Peran utamanya di JAMA memungkinkannya untuk mempromosikan kepentingan produsen dan pemasok mobil lokal, untuk jangka waktu yang lebih lama dibandingkan dengan para pendahulunya. ...continue reading

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