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Toyota envisions a future without gasoline cars

Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada discussed the automaker's ambitious new goals in Tokyo Wednesday.

NAGOYA -- Toyota Motor plans to all but eliminate sales of cars powered solely by CO2-spewing combustion engines by 2050, a shift that would have broad implications for the entire auto industry.

     The Japanese automaker mapped out its ambitious goals in its environmental plan for fiscal 2016-2020 as well as the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, both released Wednesday.

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