Toyota Set to Name a New CEO, Only Three Years After Akio Toyoda Handed Over the Wheel

Toyota is preparing to install a fresh chief executive, according to Car and Driver, marking another leadership shake-up just three years after Akio Toyoda moved out of the top job. The change signals that the automaker’s succession plan is still very much in motion.

Toyoda’s decision to step back from the CEO role in 2023 was framed as a generational handover, but the short interval before this latest appointment suggests the company is still searching for the right long-term structure at the top. Car and Driver reports the news without offering a confirmed name or an official start date, so the finer details remain to be seen.

The move comes at a pivotal time for Toyota, which is balancing its traditional position in hybrids with a broader push into battery-electric models and software-defined vehicles. A new leader will inherit decisions on production footprints, EV timelines and how aggressively the brand chases next-generation technology.

For now, the headline is simple: one of the world’s largest carmakers is changing CEOs again, only a few years after handing the reins to a new generation.