Honda scales down production workforce in China as sales slump

About 1,700 workers, or 14% of total, have applied for voluntary redundancy

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Honda has had difficulty keeping up with Chinese automakers' EV price war. (Source photos by Shizuka Tanabe)

SHIZUKA TANABE, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- Honda Motor is scaling down its full-time production workforce in China as sales slump, with about 1,700 workers having agreed to leave so far, Nikkei has learned.

GAC Honda Automobile, a joint venture between Honda and Chinese state-owned automaker GAC Group, began seeking employees this month to leave the company.

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