Key to this is the introduction of four electric platforms, with ranges from 300 to 500 miles. Stellantis announced a major worldwide EV initiative in July 2021, declaring that all its brands are committed to offering fully electric vehicles. To accomplish that, they’re cooperating on standardizing equipment and processes to keep costs down. Honda and GM are working together to enable global production of millions of EVs starting in 2027, with a particular focus on small SUVs. The company said, "Through the alliance with GM, Honda is planning to introduce affordable EVs in 2027, with a cost and range that will be as competitive as gasoline-powered vehicles, starting from North America." The first EV from this partnership will go on sale in 2025.Īnd for 2026, Honda will begin production of new models based on its e:Architecture platform. Honda and Sony formed a joint venture to produce battery electric vehicles together.
The first model co-developed with GM is the Prologue SUV, on target for sales in 2024.Īutomotive News reported that an Acura EV will be produced in 2024 at the GM plant in Tennessee, where GM plans to build the Cadillac Lyriq EV. The accord also calls for mutual vehicle platform-sharing, which will allow either automaker to use the basic building blocks of GM’s electric vehicle architecture in designing and building its own cars. This arrangement allows Honda to make use of GM’s coming Ultium batteries, a proprietary technology GM says will allow long-range electric travel, among other benefits. Looking beyond cars, the automaker said in a statement, “As the world’s largest power unit manufacturer with annual sales of approximately 30 million units of mobility products, including motorcycles, automobiles, power products, outboard motors and aircraft, we aim to realize carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities Honda is involved in by 2050, striving to eliminate carbon emissions from power sources of a wide variety of products.” To accomplish this goal, Honda has formed a couple of major partnerships and committed to investing $40 billion in EV research and development, including engineering solid state batteries.
The projected ramp-up to this goal is 40 percent of sales by 2030 and 80 percent by 2035. The company aims for all its sales to be zero-emissions electrified vehicles by 2040.
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