Honda to halve engine output capacity at key Chinese plant

Move comes as nation's drivers increasingly shift toward EVs

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Honda Motor is shifting its focus to electric vehicles in China. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)

SHIZUKA TANABE

GUANGZHOU -- Honda Motor will halve the engine production capacity at a plant in China's Guangdong province in the face of rapidly accelerating demand for electric vehicles in the world's No. 2 economy, Nikkei has learned.

The move marks the first reduction in the Japanese company's capacity to churn out combustion engines in China, impacting a capacity that accounts for the equivalent of roughly 30% of its gasoline engine-powered vehicle sales in the world's largest auto market.

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