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Honda, Sony to build new EV in North America first

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Izumi Kawanishi, left, a Sony executive vice president, will be president and COO of the new venture, while Yasuhide Mizuno, right, from Honda, will be CEO of the new company. Both are pictured at a briefing to outline the joint venture on Thursday.
October 13, 2022 08:38 AM

TOKYO – Honda Motor Co. and Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. are betting big on the future of electric vehicles in the U.S., planning to produce their new jointly developed EV at a Honda plant in North America and deliver it first to customers in the spring of 2026.

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