Fossil Fueled
Toyota is fueling the climate crisis
Toyota is against a transition to battery-electric vehicles.
Toyota is lobbying to weaken vehicle CO2 emission standards.
Toyota is betting on dirty methane-sourced hydrogen and dated hybrid vehicles.
Toyota has phased out efficient cars in favor of gas-guzzlers like SUVs, pickups, and vans.
On electric vehicles, Toyota is stuck in reverse, while its competitors race ahead.
Transportation is the largest source of climate-disrupting pollution in the US. To tackle its massive carbon footprint, we must eliminate all gas-guzzling cars and trucks by fully shifting to battery-electric vehicles.
As the New York Times reported, Toyota is globally lobbying against stricter emissions standards and electric vehicle initiatives.
According to the EPA, Toyota lags embarrassingly behind most of its competitors on reducing carbon pollution
Toyota joined the group of automakers that sided with the Trump administration in its attempt to reverse Obama-era Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Over the past several years, it also tried to undermine emissions standards in the US, Australia and the EU.
Toyota is at odds with the global community. 54 consumer and environmental groups from 26 countries wrote to the new CEO of Toyota, Mr. Koji Sato, urging him to phase out all combustion engine vehicles.
He questioned a rapid transition to electric vehicles, even as other nations commit to an all-electric future.
¹Source: Financial Times, 2021
Urgent recalls needed! Statements by Toyota shown to be faulty.
Toyota is set to pay² the largest civil penalty ever levied³ in US history for breaching federal emission-reporting requirements.
In January 2021, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency fined the company $180 million.
²Source: The New York Times, 2021
³Source: The New York Times, 2021
Investors are concerned about Toyota’s position.
Three institutional investors, with combined holdings of $400 million in Toyota, have submitted a resolution to this year’s AGM in June urging the company to review its anti-climate lobbying
A corporate watchdog gave Toyota⁴ a “D-” grade, the worst among automakers.
Its report details Toyota’s attempts to influence policy and undermine global climate goals.
⁴Source: InfluenceMap
The battery-electric vehicle transition is essential to stop climate change.
“Stubborn resistance to electric cars has doomed Toyota”
Chief City Commentator
The Telegraph
TOYOTA IN THE NEWS
Toyota has drawn the attention of major news media across the globe. Topics range from the company’s attempts to influence policymakers, controversial statements by its top executives, and legal troubles.
TOYOTA & CLIMATE CHANGE
Numerous NGOs, environmental watchdogs and analysts have published reports on Toyota’s climate-harming actions.
