Honda takes another crack at U.S. EV market with help from GM
1 year, 2 months ago

Honda takes another crack at U.S. EV market with help from GM

LA Times  

Honda’s E, an electric compact car, at the Brussels Expo in January. Honda Motor Co. is trying to crack into the U.S. market for electric vehicles with a new model and an old strategy: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. With an estimated 300 miles per battery charge and a price tag in the high-$40,000 range, the Prologue is comparable to Tesla Inc.’s Model Y. Honda sees its main competition as other Asian-brand EVs, including the Nissan Ariya, Toyota bZ4X, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia Niro. “This car is more targeted at Honda loyalists who’ve been waiting — or maybe who’ve already defected,” said Rob Keogh, a product planning manager at Honda in charge of EVs. The SUV sports the word “Honda” in large letters on its backside — unlike any of the brand’s other vehicles — to help people identify it.

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Nissan, Honda announce merger, creating world’s third-largest carmaker
18 hours, 20 minutes ago

Nissan, Honda announce merger, creating world’s third-largest carmaker

Al Jazeera  

Plans, which include Mitsubishi, announced as Japan tries to gain foothold in electric vehicle market. Japan’s Honda and Nissan are planning a merger, which would create the world’s third-largest carmaker as the industry pivots away from fossil fuels. Honda, currently Japan’s second-largest carmaker, is widely viewed as the only national partner able to rescue Nissan, which has struggled since former …

Honda-Nissan merger: EV boom cutting off auto giants' vroom?
3 days, 18 hours ago

Honda-Nissan merger: EV boom cutting off auto giants' vroom?

India Today  

Two of the world’s giant carmakers, Nissan and Honda, are taking steps towards a merger. While Honda’s net profit slumped by 19.7 per cent, Nissan’s fell drastically by 93.5 per cent. Rise of EVs “Electric car sales keep rising and could reach around 17 million in 2024, accounting for more than one in five cars sold worldwide," the Global EV …

Honda, Nissan start talking merger as Japan's auto sector continues to struggle in the EV era
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5 days, 13 hours ago

Honda, Nissan start talking merger as Japan's auto sector continues to struggle in the EV era

Firstpost  

If finalised, the merger bewteen Honda and Nissan would unite the assets of Japan’s second- and third-largest carmakers, creating a more robust contender to challenge market leaders like Toyota, Tesla, and rising Chinese EV brands Honda and Nissan have already signalled their intent to collaborate in the EV sector earlier this year. Image Credit: Reuters Honda and Nissan, two of …

Electric cars: EV sales are slumping—but that doesn’t mean they're dead.
5 months, 1 week ago

Electric cars: EV sales are slumping—but that doesn’t mean they're dead.

Slate  

It’s tough to gauge how well the United States’ burgeoning electric vehicle industry is faring in 2024. EV ownership is increasingly politicized, in both directions—liberals horrified by Elon Musk’s far-right turn are fueling the Tesla sales slump, while right-wingers fearmonger over foreign EV companies and want to get electric cars off the road altogether. You can see this in the …

Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets
7 months, 1 week ago

Japanese automaker Honda revs up on EVs, aiming for lucrative US, China markets

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japanese automaker Honda reaffirmed its commitment to electric vehicles Thursday, saying it will invest 10 trillion yen through fiscal 2031 to deliver EV models around the world, including the U.S. and China. The so-called “0 Series,” a key part of Honda’s EV strategy, will be a totally new EV series created from “zero,” Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe told …

Global car brands need to catch up, says expert
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Global car brands need to catch up, says expert

China Daily  

Xu Changming, an expert at the State Information Center, gives a speech at the seminar organized by Auto Star Works on April 23, 2024. International carmakers need to make "major changes" to stay competitive in China, the world's largest vehicle market, said Xu Changming, an expert at the State Information Center. Also, the State Information Center's survey show that those …

Japan’s Nissan promises an aggressive electrification push to cut costs and boost global sales
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Japan’s Nissan promises an aggressive electrification push to cut costs and boost global sales

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Nissan will expand its electric vehicle lineup, develop more powerful batteries and cut production costs, while speeding up the whole process, in what the Japanese automaker’s chief called “The Arc” pathway to higher sales by 2030. Last year, Nissan Motor Co. sold nearly 3.4 million vehicles around the world, up about 5% from the previous year. Nissan plans …

Fierce rivals Honda and Nissan join forces to take on Chinese car makers
9 months ago

Fierce rivals Honda and Nissan join forces to take on Chinese car makers

ABC  

In short: Honda and Nissan have signed a new alliance to work together on EV technology. Rival Japanese car makers Honda and Nissan have announced they will work together to develop electric vehicle technology and auto intelligence – two sectors where Japan's automakers have fallen behind. Honda president Toshihiro Mibe said the companies shared common values and could create "synergies" …

Honda and Nissan agree to work together in developing electric vehicles and intelligent technology
9 months, 1 week ago

Honda and Nissan agree to work together in developing electric vehicles and intelligent technology

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Nissan and Honda announced Friday that they will work together in developing electric vehicles and auto intelligence technology, sectors where Japanese automakers have fallen behind. The chief executives of Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. appeared together at a news conference in Tokyo to announce that Japan’s second and third biggest automakers will look into areas with …

Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help
1 year ago

Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help

Associated Press  

The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests. But the negative environmental impact from SUVs could have been reduced by more than one-third between 2010 and …

Honda and General Motors end ‘affordable’ EV partnership
1 year, 1 month ago

Honda and General Motors end ‘affordable’ EV partnership

Live Mint  

Japanese automaker Honda and United States giant General Motors have jointly announced the discontinuation of their partnership aimed at producing affordable electric vehicles from 2027, AFP reported. GM's statement earlier this week also indicated they are moderating EV production in North America to protect pricing, adapt to reduced near-term demand growth, and implement engineering efficiency enhancements. Japanese automakers have faced …

Honda shelves plan to co-develop smaller EVs with GM: Report
1 year, 1 month ago

Honda shelves plan to co-develop smaller EVs with GM: Report

The Hindu  

Honda Motor is shelving plans to jointly develop affordable electric vehicles with General Motors due to a changing business environment, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing an interview with Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe. "After studying this for a year, we decided that this would be difficult as a business, so at the moment, we are ending development of an affordable …

Honda Elevate SUV goes electric by 2026, with four more SUVs in the pipeline by 2030
1 year, 3 months ago

Honda Elevate SUV goes electric by 2026, with four more SUVs in the pipeline by 2030

Live Mint  

Honda Cars India has unveiled its plans to introduce an all-electric variant of the recently launched Elevate mid-size SUV by 2026. The company disclosed the pricing for the Honda Elevate SUV on Monday, with a price range starting from ₹10.99 lakh to ₹15.99 lakh. According to a report by PTI, Takuya Tsumura, President and CEO of Honda Cars India, has …

Honda launches mid-size SUV Elevate, announces plans to go fully electric
1 year, 6 months ago

Honda launches mid-size SUV Elevate, announces plans to go fully electric

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Japanese car maker Honda is entering the electric route by launching a pure electric SUV for the Indian market, dominated by Tata Motors and others such as MG Motor, and Hyundai, among others. “Two-thirds of our cars in India will be electrified by 2030 and all our cars will be fully electric, powered by either battery or fuel …

Competitors chip away at Tesla’s US electric vehicle share
2 years ago

Competitors chip away at Tesla’s US electric vehicle share

Associated Press  

DETROIT — New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla’s dominance of the U.S. EV market, according to national vehicle registration data. But numbers collected by S&P Global Mobility show that Tesla still controlled about 65% of the growing electric vehicle market during the first nine months of this year. “Given that consumer choice …

Honda's U.S. dealers want to be part of Sony Honda venture's EV launch plans
2 years, 2 months ago

Honda's U.S. dealers want to be part of Sony Honda venture's EV launch plans

The Hindu  

A new joint venture formed by Japan's Sony Group Corp. and Honda Motor plans to introduce a premium electric vehicle later this decade, and the automaker's U.S. dealers are anxious to be part of the sales process. The online aspect of the Sony Honda plan, as well as the lack of details around how the vehicle will be sold and …

Honda, Sony aim to deliver premium EV with subscription fees in 2026 in U.S. and Japan
2 years, 2 months ago

Honda, Sony aim to deliver premium EV with subscription fees in 2026 in U.S. and Japan

The Hindu  

A joint venture set up by Japan's Sony Group Corp. and Honda Motor is aiming to deliver its first electric vehicles by 2026 and will sell them online, starting in the United States and Japan. The new EV will also be priced at a premium, offering a new software system developed by Sony that would open the way to recurring …

Honda Gearing up to Launch all-new SUV Next Year in India
2 years, 3 months ago

Honda Gearing up to Launch all-new SUV Next Year in India

News 18  

Japanese auto major Honda expects its India business to get back on growth path as it gears up to re-enter the high-selling sports utility vehicle segment next year, as per a top company official. In an interaction with PTI, Honda Cars India President and CEO Takuya Tsumura said the company has taken several steps in the last few years to …

This California-based startup is selling Electric Vehicle subscriptions
2 years, 4 months ago

This California-based startup is selling Electric Vehicle subscriptions

Hindustan Times  

The landmark US climate bill passed by the House of Representatives on Friday is a boon for would-be buyers of electric vehicles: It includes a $7,500 point-of-sale tax credit for any purchase of a qualifying new EV, and $4,000 off the purchase of a used one. In a recent survey of thousands of EV owners for Bloomberg Green’s Electric Car …

Full Throttle: Honda to Invest $40 Billion in EV Development, Plans Launching 30 Models by 2030
2 years, 8 months ago

Full Throttle: Honda to Invest $40 Billion in EV Development, Plans Launching 30 Models by 2030

News 18  

Honda Motor Co. aims to invest $40 billion over the next decade in its push into electric vehicles, as the Japanese carmaker with the most aggressive EV goals prepares to back up its bold move into next-generation automobiles with real plans. By 2030, according to Japan’s second-largest automaker, 30 electric car types would be available, with a production volume of …

GM and Honda to produce ‘attainable EVs’ in bid to surpass Tesla sales
2 years, 8 months ago

GM and Honda to produce ‘attainable EVs’ in bid to surpass Tesla sales

The Hindu  

General Motors and Honda Motor Co said on Tuesday they will develop a series of lower-priced electric vehicles based on a new joint platform, producing potentially millions of cars from 2027 in a bid to beat Tesla in sales. The automakers said the new deal is for "affordable" EVs, including compact crossover vehicles, built using GM's Ultium battery technology. GM …

Honda to manufacture its own EVs for North America after GM-made models go on sale
3 years, 5 months ago

Honda to manufacture its own EVs for North America after GM-made models go on sale

Firstpost  

Honda plans to use its own manufacturing for a series of electric vehicles that’ll follow the GM-built EVs. Although General Motors will build Honda’s first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade. “It’s absolutely our intention to produce in our factories,” Honda of America Executive Vice …

Honda's first-ever electric SUV is coming in 2024
3 years, 5 months ago

Honda's first-ever electric SUV is coming in 2024

India Today  

Honda announced that its first new volume battery-electric vehicle will be named Prologue, signaling a new electrified era that will lead to the company’s vision for 100 per cent zero emission vehicle sales in North America by 2040. An all-new SUV coming to market in early 2024, the battery-electric Honda Prologue will be highly competitive with the functionality expected by …

Honda plans to build its own electric vehicles soon
3 years, 5 months ago

Honda plans to build its own electric vehicles soon

Live Mint  

Although General Motors will build Honda's first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade. “It's absolutely our intention to produce in our factories,” Honda of America Executive Vice President Dave Gardner said, adding that Honda has developed battery manufacturing expertise from building gas-electric hybrids. Earlier this …

Honda goes all in on electric cars in stark contrast to Toyota
3 years, 6 months ago

Honda goes all in on electric cars in stark contrast to Toyota

Live Mint  

In Japan, where hybrid cars dominate, what Akio Toyoda says matters. In March, Honda formed a consortium with Yamaha Motor Co., KTM AG and Italy’s Piaggio & C SpA to develop swappable battery standards for electric two-wheelers, tricycles and quadricycles as the fall in global lithium-ion battery prices lures high-volume manufacturers further into the motorcycle market. Honda “won’t hesitate” to …

Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers?
3 years, 9 months ago

Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I would consider it if the prices would come …

Biden’s auto dilemma: How hard to push for electric cars?
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden’s auto dilemma: How hard to push for electric cars?

LA Times  

The Biden administration plans to write ambitious regulations that push vehicle electrification. Biden is expected to replace the weaker tailpipe emissions standards put in place by the Trump administration with new regulations modeled on California’s voluntary agreement with five automakers. DeCiccio, the University of Michigan professor, said the automakers’ arguments for looser standards in the short term to boost electric …

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