TOKYO -- Honda Motor is working to boost profitability and find a stable growth strategy, pivoting toward hybrid vehicles for now after curtailing plans to invest 10 trillion yen ($69.2 billion) in electric vehicles.
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Honda's hybrids have become profitable and could help lift margins for its automobile business. (Photo by Azusa Kawakami)
TOKYO -- Honda Motor is working to boost profitability and find a stable growth strategy, pivoting toward hybrid vehicles for now after curtailing plans to invest 10 trillion yen ($69.2 billion) in electric vehicles.