Honda to Scale Back on Electric Vehicles

Amid slowing EV demand, Japan’s second-biggest automaker said it will be focusing on hybrids.
Honda to Scale Back on Electric Vehicles
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe during a press briefing in Tokyo, Japan, on May 20, 2025. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Owen Evans
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Japanese carmaker Honda Motor Co. said on May 20 that it will scale back investment in electric vehicles as demand slows and will focus instead on meeting a growing demand for hybrids.

Honda said in a statement that “due to the recent market slowdown,” it will scrap its previous goal for electric vehicles (EVs) to be 30 percent of its global vehicle sales by 2030.
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