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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on April 13, 2022, 15:51:02

Title: Honda investing US$40 billion into electric cars and solid-state battery, last of the top 5 legacy carmakers
Post by: Redaktion on April 13, 2022, 15:51:02
Honda will invest more than US$64 billion in R&D and development of new vehicles and services over the next decade, US$40 billion of which will go directly into electric car development. Honda plans to have a solid-state battery production batch ready in two years, and launch 30 new EV models by 2030.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Honda-investing-US-40-billion-into-electric-cars-and-solid-state-battery-last-of-the-top-5-legacy-carmakers.613753.0.html
Title: Re: Honda investing US$40 billion into electric cars and solid-state battery, last of the top 5 lega
Post by: Hunter2020 on April 13, 2022, 16:16:18
A tad too late.  BYD already developed the blade battery that can take a beating and hardly catches on fire.  For a company like Honda, that's a tad lazy to let BYD develop a game changer battery and take the lead many years in advance.