The roadmap could help the world's top-selling automaker make its case to investors at the meeting, where it also faces a shareholder resolution over its climate lobbying as well as questions about governance.
EV ROADMAPToyota aims to produce more efficient, faster-charging versions of current batteries to improve EV driving range and cost, and, within the decade, mass produce game-changing solid-state batteries after saying it had overcome a technical hurdle.
MANUFACTURING CHANGEThe carmaker said it would radically redesign manufacturing, having vehicles drive along the production line instead of being carried by conveyor.
GOVERNANCETwo huge U.S. public pension funds voted against the re-election of Chairman Akio Toyoda, with proxy advisor Glass Lewis saying re-election threatened board independence.
CLIMATE LOBBYINGThree asset managers have urged Toyota to improve disclosure of climate change lobbying in a proposal backed by proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services.
Persons:
Koji Sato, Tesla, Akio Toyoda, Glass Lewis
Organizations:
Toyota, EV, Tokyo, Exchange, Services, Thomson
Locations:
TOKYO