渡边捷昭

丰田公司上一任总裁渡边捷昭（KatsuakiWatanabe）在任期间努力远离公众视线，闲暇时在一个男声合唱团里唱歌。

The company 's last president , Katsuaki Watanabe , tried to keep out of the limelight during his stint , spending his leisure time singing in a men 's choir .

渡边捷昭在接受本报采访时表示：焦点是低成本技术。

The focus is on low-cost technology , said Katsuaki Watanabe , in an interview with the Financial Times .

渡边捷昭称：这是一个史无前例的危急时刻。不幸的是，现在我看不到底部在哪里。

This is an unprecedented emergency , said Mr Watanabe . Unfortunately , I cannot see now where the bottom will be .

然而，丰田公司的总裁渡边捷昭认为，燃料电池汽车价位太高，未来十年很难让客户接受。

However , the company 's president , Katsuaki Watanabe , confirmed that fuel cells are just too costly to be available in the next ten years .

渡边捷昭表示，包括冻结全球范围几乎所有产能扩张项目在内的降低成本举措，旨在允许丰田在年度销量仅700万辆的情况也能实现盈利。

Mr Watanabe said the cost - cutting measures , which include a freeze on virtually all capacity expansion projects worldwide , were designed to allow Toyota to turn a profit on annual sales of as few as 7m vehicles .