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WASHINGTON : White House senior adviser John Podesta said Toyota Motor Corp is 'fully committed' to electric vehicles after he met recently with senior company officials.Podesta told Reuters reporters and editors in a roundtable meeting on Tuesday the Japanese automaker 'had been the laggard' but was now

WASHINGTON : White House senior adviser John Podesta said Toyota Motor Corp is"fully committed" to electric vehicles after he met recently with senior company officials.

Podesta told Reuters reporters and editors in a roundtable meeting on Tuesday the Japanese automaker"had been the laggard" but was now committed to electric vehicles. "I think they're going to stick with plug-in hybrids for a while, maybe longer than some of the other companies but they're fully now committed under their new leadership to electrification," he said.

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