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Japanese auto major Honda will launch ten new models, including seven SUVs, in the Indian market by 2030 as it aims to bolster sales and enhance market share in the robustly growing Indian passenger vehicle market, according to a top company executive. Terming India as a top priority market for future growth along with the US and Japan, the Tokyo-headquartered automaker plans to drive in both global premium products and locally produced models to cater to the Indian passenger vehicle market which is expected to touch 60 lakh units annual mark by 2030 from around 43 lakh units currently. In an interaction here, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Director, President and Representative Toshihiro Mibe said the automaker is finalising strategies for the Indian market amid changes in the global markets with the emergence of Chinese OEMs. Even Honda is impacted by this trend and in this kind of situation the company considers North America, Japan, and India as its growth markets. "India is going to be
Japanese auto major Honda Motor Co Ltd has picked up a minority stake, in the range of 5-10 per cent, in homegrown OMC Power, which is in the process of building up 1 gigawatt (GW) renewable energy portfolio in India, according to industry sources. The investment has come at a time when OMC Power is entering into a new business vertical where the company will deploy electric vehicle (EV) batteries as battery energy storage system (BESS) solution, and re-purpose the old EV batteries to support with UPS (uninterrupted power supply) like the inverters or some similar kind of applications. As per industry sources, Honda Motor is learnt to have picked up a stake of 5-10 per cent in OMC Power and may increase its share in the future. In an interaction, OMC Power MD & CEO Rohit Chandra said both companies had been in talks for over 4 years to work out a business collaboration. It is the result of research and development, market studies, feasibility studies, and customer trials, all of ..
Money-losing Japanese automaker Nissan is banking on its latest e-Power technology for a turnaround. A kind of hybrid, e-Power comes equipped with both an electric motor and gasoline engine, much like the Toyota Motor Corp. Prius. It's different from a Prius in that it doesn't switch back and forth between the motor and engine during the drive. That means the car always is running on its EV battery, ensuring a quiet, smooth ride. Nissan has a proud history of pioneering innovative technology that set us apart, Chief Technology Officer Eiichi Akashi told reporters on the sidelines of a test drive at its Grandrive course outside Tokyo. The advantage of e-Power vehicles is that they never need to be charged like EVs do. The owner just fuels up at a gas station and the car never runs out of a charge. Nissan Motor Corp., which racked up a USD 4.5 billion loss for the fiscal year through March, sorely needs a hot-seller, especially in the lucrative North American market. But the US mark