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Honda and General Motors sign MoU toward establishing a strategic alliance in North America

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General Motors and Honda today signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) following extensive preliminary discussions toward establishing a North American automotive alliance. —Mark Reuss, president of General Motors. —Seiji Kuraishi, executive vice president of Honda Motor Co.,

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Honda and Cruise to start testing program in September toward launch of autonomous vehicle mobility service business in Japan

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Honda will start a testing program for autonomous vehicles in September 2021, taking a step toward an autonomous vehicle mobility service (MaaS) business in Japan, which Honda is planning to launch under collaboration with Cruise and General Motors. Honda Mobility Solutions Co.,

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Honda shows hydrogen fuel-cell module set to power CR-V

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Honda this week provided a few more details about its next-generation fuel-cell module, at the 2023 European Hydrogen Week in Brussels. Co-developed with General Motors, the new module was first shown at the 2023 Tokyo auto show, and it has already been confirmed for use in North America.

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GM-Honda to start hydrogen fuel cell commercial production in MI

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General Motors (GM) and Honda announced that their 50-50 joint venture on a hydrogen fuel cell facility in Michigan is ready to start commercial production. New Toyota CEO considers hydrogen a priority despite EV focus General Motors and Honda’s partnership on fuel cell system development goes all the way back to 2013.

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Honda to adopt Tesla NACS for its EV models in North America

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Honda Motor has reached an agreement with Tesla, Inc. Honda is the latest automaker to announce the adoption of NACS, after Fisker, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Polestar, Rivian, and Volvo. In 2025, Honda is planning to launch a new EV model in North America equipped with a NACS port.

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Honda to advance fuel cell system as core of its hydrogen business; expansion to other areas; new FCEV in 2024

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Honda held a press briefing in Tokyo on its hydrogen business initiatives. Honda said that it will take a proactive approach to increase the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier and strive to expand its hydrogen business, in addition to continuing to electrify its products. Commercial vehicles. Stationary power stations.

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GM and Honda jointly to develop two next-generation Honda EVs on GM platform and Ultium batteries

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General Motors and Honda have agreed to develop jointly two all-new electric vehicles for Honda, based on GM’s highly flexible global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. General Motors’ all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. Earlier post.).

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