All Honda cars in 2040 will use pure electricity. Supporting this move, Honda will introduce 30 of its electric-based car models globally by 2030.
This plan is in line with Honda's target of achieving carbon neutrality or Zero Carbon for all of the company's products and activities by 2050.
To support this step, Honda Motor Co., Ltd (Honda) recently announced a collaboration with GS Yuasa International Ltd (GS Yuasa) to develop lithium batteries with large power and capacity for Honda's electric cars later.
It is planned that Honda and GS Yuasa will establish a new company as a form of cooperation at the end of 2023.
“Honda is striving to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities with which Honda is involved by 2050. Honda and GS Yuasa have entered into a partnership on the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), and this new collaboration will further accelerate Honda's electrification strategy. towards achieving Honda's goal of carbon neutrality," said Toshihiro Mibe, Director, President and Representative Executive Officer of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. through the official statement.
The company, which is the result of a collaboration between Honda and GS Yuasa, is later expected to be able to meet the growing supply and demand for electric car batteries.
Not only that, in the future this collaboration company will become a place for research and development that will produce electric car batteries with large power and capacity. On the other hand, this company has a goal of building a more efficient battery production system.
“Based on our corporate philosophy of 'innovation and growth,' GS Yuasa has taken on the challenge of creating energy technology while gathering knowledge related to renewable battery technology,” said Osamu Murao, President and Representative Director of GS Yuasa International Ltd.
Osamu added, through collaboration with Honda, GS Yuasa will contribute to providing comfort and peace to customers around the world.
"We are also trying to create new values to realize carbon neutrality," he concluded.
