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Honda to invest $40B over 10 years in electrification and software; launching 30 EV models by 2030; > 2M units p.a.

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In a press briefing held in Tokyo on its initiatives in automobile electrification, Honda announced that it will spend approximately ¥5 trillion (US$40 billion) in the area of electrification and software technologies to further accelerate its electrification over the next 10 years, including both R&D expenses (¥3.5

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Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi and 6 other Japanese companies to establish organization for membership-based EV quick charging services

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Overview of Charging Network Development Organization, LLC charging service. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC); Honda Motor Co., are establishing an organization to provide membership-based quick-charging services for users of electric vehicles (EVs). .; The organization plans to start such services in fiscal year 2012.

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Nissan to recall 1.38 million automobiles in U.S., Europe, Japan

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million automobiles globally of fashions together with Observe, Kicks, Serena and Leaf, an organization spokeswoman stated Friday. The recall will impact automobiles in U.S., Nissan stated it is going to additionally recall 6,434 Observe Air of secrecy automobiles in Japan because of a subject with the suitable headlamp.

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EDGE3 Technologies & Honda R&D Americas awarded patent for HMI system combining gesture and voice recognition

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EDGE3 Technologies, an advanced vision analytics company, and Honda R&D Americas have been awarded US patent number 8,744,645 for their jointly developed in-vehicle human machine interface (HMI) system which combines voice and gesture recognition. —Tarek El Dokor, founder and CEO of EDGE3.

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Agreement reached to standardize swappable batteries for electric motorcycles

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The consortium was established by Honda Motor Co., Organization (JASO) technical paper TP21003 issued on 19 March. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Suzuki Motor Corporation and Yamaha Motor Co., in April 2019, aimed at increasing the adoption of electric motorcycles in Japan.

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Sekisui House, Toshiba and Honda in joint exhibit at Smart Mobility City 2013

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Toshiba Corporation and Honda Motor Co., will jointly exhibit at Smart Mobility City 2013, an organizer-themed project to be held from 22 November through 1 December 2013 within the 43 rd Tokyo Motor Show. The companies will propose a future lifestyle with deeper links among houses, electric appliances and automobiles.

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Hondas F1 KERS motor: 60 kW, 21,000 RPM, >7 kg

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2009 Honda Formula One chassis configuration, showing KERS component location. Honda engineers decided to implement an electric motor/battery pack solution, rather than a flywheel solution, mounting the motor on the engine’s left front side with its power control unit (PCU) ahead of it, inside the monocoque chassis. Rotor Design.

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