TOKYO -- Honda Motor has picked China's fast-growing electric battery king Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) as a partner to develop an electric vehicle. While many Japanese companies remain skeptical of CATL, the world's largest battery maker, Honda's decision came as no surprise given the automaker's long history of working closely with Chinese partners.
Honda announced last week that the two companies will collaborate to develop batteries and related technologies for Honda's mainstay electric models. Those models, key to its global strategy, will be introduced in China and elsewhere by the first half of 2020.
