TOKYO -- Honda Motor is accelerating its rollout of electric vehicles, responding to regulatory and consumer pressure to step away from making traditional gasoline-powered cars and compete with the likes of Tesla Motors.
Toshihiro Mibe, who took over as Honda's CEO on April 1, said on Friday that by 2030 40% of the Japanese carmaker's vehicles in major markets will be powered solely by electric batteries or fuel cells -- EVs and FCVs. By 2035, Honda expects to double this percentage to 80% and by 2040 all its cars globally will be either EVs or FCVs.
