Toyota Softens Toward Critics of Its EV Push

Toyota Motor wants to meet with critics who say it is behind rivals in the race for greener cars, nearly a year after the auto maker pledged to spend billions of dollars expanding its electric-vehicle lineup.

Some investors and environmental groups have said Toyota isn’t committed to fully electric cars, pointing to the company’s statements of caution about EVs and its promotion of the competing gas-electric hybrid technology that it invented.