Honda, Mitsubishi to launch electricity grid using EVs

Automaker envisages using EVs to supply and store power

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Honda and trading house Mitsubishi Corp. plan to enter a joint venture in 2024 that will plug electric vehicles into the main grid to help with power fluctuations caused by renewables. (NIKKEI montage/Source photos by Getty and Hiroki Endo)

SHOYA OKINAGA, TOMOYA ONISHI and AZUSA KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Honda Motor will create a utility business by connecting electric vehicles to the grid and using them for the supply and storage of electricity in partnership with the trading house Mitsubishi Corp., Nikkei has learned.

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