General Motors and Honda Motor on Thursday revealed plans to team up in North America to make a series of vehicles, deepening their ties as the auto industry comes under more pressure to share technology and costs to meet demands for cleaner automobiles. Under the alliance, both automakers said, they intend to share common vehicle […]
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Nissan sales in China slow in August while Toyota, Honda surge
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor informed on Thursday its sales in China dropped 2.4% in August from a year ago, while rival Toyota Motor and Honda Motor sales increased in the world’s biggest auto market. Nissan is determined to increase sales in China as it is having a hard time to fix problems that emerged after […]
Honda goes for smaller car with first mass-produced all-electric car
As many automakers invest in sedans and SUVs in the switch to electric vehicles (EV), Japan’s Honda Motor has decided to go for a smaller car as better for its first-ever mass-produced all-battery car. The Honda e, released in Europe previously this month, is a compact model meant only for city driving. That contrasts with […]
Honda units to pay $85 million in U.S. states’ probe over Takata air bags
Units of Honda Motor have agreed to pay $85 million to settle an investigation by the majority of U.S. states into its use of defective Takata airbag inflators in its automobiles, according to a consent order made public on Tuesday. The state investigations are associated with the ongoing recalls of tens of millions of vehicles […]
Honda to shift some UK production back to Japan in 2021
Japanese automaker Honda Motor is preparing to bring back to Japan some auto production from a plant located in the United Kingdom that was already set to close, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Honda prepares to move production of its Civic cars now being made at a plant located in Swindon to a factory in Yorii, […]
Japanese automakers post double-digit sales growth in China
Japanese automakers’ China sales increased by over 10% from a year earlier in July as the world’s biggest auto market showed some recovery amid coronavirus crisis. Nissan Motor said on Wednesday its sales in China increased 11.6% last month from a year ago to 120,945 vehicles. China is a market that Nissan is concentrating on […]
Honda sees 68% decline in annual profit due to coronavirus
Japanese automaker Honda Motor on Wednesday forecast a 68% decline in annual operating profit to a 10-year low with worldwide demand for cars expected to slide due to the coronavirus crisis. The country’s No. 3 automaker expects profit to decline to 200 billion yen ($1.89 billion) in the year to end-March 2021, its weakest since […]
Honda invests in China’s CATL for developing electric vehicle batteries
Japanese automaker Honda Motor will purchase a 1% stake in Chinese electric vehicle (EV) battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and the two will together develop EV batteries, the companies stated on Friday. The move comes at a time when automakers and EV battery makers are getting along to develop electric vehicles. CATL said last […]
Japanese automakers’ May global sales declined 38% due to coronavirus
Japanese automakers’ global sales dropped 38% in May, in the third straight month of big declines as most automotive factories and dealerships remained shut because of coronavirus lockdowns. The country’s seven major automakers sold about 1.47 million vehicles last month, dropping significantly from 2.38 million units a year ago, according to Reuters calculations based on […]
Honda restarted production at plants hit by a suspected cyber attack
Japanese automaker Honda Motor has restarted production at automobile and motorcycle plants in the United States and other nations after they were hit by a suspected cyber attack this week, a spokesman stated on Friday. The suspected attack comes less than a month following the Honda reopening of North American vehicle assembly plants, after the […]
Toyota, Nissan and Honda gear up to restart Mexico plants
Japanese automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda stated they are gradually resuming plants in Mexico as the country’s automotive industry reboots in line with a broader economic reopening, even though numbers of new coronavirus cases continue to increase. Mexican officials in mid-May stated the automotive industry could exit the coronavirus lockdown before June 1 if the […]
Honda profits drops to four-year low due to coronavirus
Honda Motor on Tuesday published its lowest operating profit in four years and refrained from providing an earnings outlook for 2020 due to uncertainty about the longer-term impact of the coronavirus on worldwide auto demand. Honda and other automakers have started to restart operations at their vehicle plants, but face weak demand as job losses […]
Honda will resume auto production in US, Canada from May 11
Honda Motor stated on Friday it will gradually restart production at U.S. and Canadian auto plants from May 11. The Japanese automaker, which postponed production on March 23, is also recalling all salaried and support workers who have been on furlough. Honda will enforce new safety requirements at its plants including temperature checks. No one will […]
Honda deploys its minivans to transport coronavirus patients in Japan
Honda Motor stated it has remodeled 50 of its minivans to transport COVID-19 patients to hospitals and quarantine centers in Japan, sealing off the rear section of the vehicles to safeguard drivers from infection. The automaker has placed an airtight divide between the motorist and the rear passenger areas of the vans and modified their […]
Honda extends Mexico plant suspensions to April 30 due to coronavirus
The Mexican unit of Honda Motor stated on Tuesday it would extend a suspension of operations at its plants in the states of Guanajuato and Jalisco until April 30 because of the increase of coronavirus outbreak. The Honda plants are located in Celaya, Guanajuato and El Salto, Jalisco. Earlier, the automaker had stated that their […]
