La conducción asistida por computadora cuenta con apoyo oficial y aceptación pública, pero los medios estatales rara vez informan de accidentes y las publicaciones en internet están censuradas.
Akio Toyoda ran Toyota for 14 years before handing the reins to a new C.E.O. last year, but some have grown concerned about the control he still wields.
Investors voted overwhelmingly to reinstate the C.E.O.’s multibillion-dollar compensation package, inextricably tying the car maker’s future to the tech billionaire.
About 72 percent of the shares in the balloting affirmed the lucrative stock award to the chief executive in a bid to get a court to reinstate it.
The vote was seen as a referendum on his management of the electric car maker and on the limits of executive pay.
Assisted driving systems and robot taxis are becoming more popular with government help, as cities designate large areas for testing on public roads.
Computer-aided driving has official support and public acceptance, but state media seldom reports crashes or safety incidents, and online posts are censored.
Tesla mechanics in Sweden have been striking for six months with little movement from their employer. Nordic shareholders hope to change that.
A huge run-up in the stock’s value followed a 2018 vote on Elon Musk’s compensation package. But investors have recently become less enamored.
A tentative new contract at an Ohio battery maker on Monday was big for President Biden’s E.V. transition, but for some, the victory was upstaged by the U.A.W.’s activism on college campuses.