"EVs (electric vehicles) are in focus at the moment but customers and the market will ultimately decide which powertrains will be successful," he said at an event to launch a new line of sports cars.

"Toyota will continue to focus on powertrains that focus on hybrid technology, including fuel cell vehicles, plug-in hybrids and -- although we were a bit late to the game -- EVs."

He also said Toyota was not considering focusing solely on EVs.

(This story was refiled to fix reporting credit)

(Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu; Editing by Chris Gallagher)