Japan's Honda to scale back on electric vehicles, concentrate on hybrids


Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe speaks at its business briefing in Tokyo, Japan May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) -Honda Motor said on Tuesday that it was scaling back its investment in electric vehicles given slowing demand and would be focusing on capturing growing demand for hybrids with new models.

CEO Toshihiro Mibe told a press conference the automaker has lowered its planned investment in electrification and software through the 2030 business year to 7 trillion yen ($48.4 billion) from 10 trillion yen previously.

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