Honda e to go on sale in Japan next monthSenior chief engineer Tomofumi Ichinose poses for a photo next to a Honda e electric car. Honda expects to sell 1,000 units a year of the new model in Japan. Honda is aiming for EVs, fuel-cell vehicles, plug-in hybrids and other hybrids to account for two-thirds of its cars sold globally by 2030. Toyota Motor Corp plans to introduce a small electric two-seater car mainly targeted at elderly drivers later in the year in Japan. Toyota, which sold over 9.7 million vehicles in 2019, aims to boost its global sales of EVs including hybrid cars to 5.5 million units by 2025.

Source: Bangkok Post August 28, 2020 13:47 UTC