FRANKFURT, Germany — Japanese automakers received the lowest marks on their shift to electric vehicles in a report out Wednesday, trailing leaders Tesla and BYD by wide margins.
Toyota Motor, Honda Motor, Nissan Motor, Mazda Motor and Suzuki Motor were all deemed “laggards” — the worst of the three grades — in the overall ranking of the Global Automaker Rating 2022 report from the International Council on Clean Transportation, the U.S.-based nonprofit organization whose research played a key role in the 2015 scandal involving Volkswagen’s faked diesel emissions tests.