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Honda remains bearish on EVs
May 20th, 2010
Honda's fuel cell dream But will still produce some electric cars While Honda will continue to research electric cars, as it has since 1988, and even build a few models, the automaker doesn’t believe that electric cars are set to have a big impact on automotive sales. “We lack confidence in the electric-vehicle business,” said Tomohiko Kawanabe , president of Honda’s research and development unit. Instead, Honda believes that making current gasoline engine technologies more fuel efficient, and adding more hybrid cars to their portfolio is a better interim path.

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