A wide variety of vehicles from a sleek crossover sport-utility and an upscale autonomous minivan to a mini recreational car, all powered by batteries, will be among the eye-popping concepts at the Tokyo auto show next week when a record 475 companies participate in the event.
Canada is calling on more Japanese companies to invest in the development in the country of critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries in line with a bilateral agreement that could facilitate the sale in the United States of electric cars manufactured by Japanese automakers.
The number of imported electric vehicles sold in Japan during fiscal 2022 rose 65.0 percent from a year earlier to a record 16,464 units, according to an industry organization, underscoring the increasing popularity of the genre in a country still dominated by gasoline-powered cars.