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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yuri Kageyama

Honda pulls back on EV strategy for now and will push hybrid sales

Japan Honda Results - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Honda said Tuesday electric vehicle sales were slowing in the U.S., prompting the Japanese automaker to scrap its previous goal for EVs to be 30% of its global vehicle sales by 2030.

Instead of the initial plan to invest 10 trillion yen ($69 billion) in an electrification strategy through the fiscal year ending in 2031, Honda is reducing that investment by 3 trillion yen ($21 billion) to 7 trillion yen ($48 billion).

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