TOKYO—Honda Motor Co. has established a strategic partnership with Hanwa Co. to ensure a stable supply of essential metals for electric vehicle batteries.
To realize carbon neutrality for all of its products and corporate activities by 2050, Honda is striving to make battery-electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCVs) represent 100 percent of its global vehicle sales by 2040. Toward this target, Honda is planning to launch 30 EV models globally by 2030 with production volume of more than 2 million units annually.
To meet that goal, Honda has established a strategic partnership with steel and metals producer Hanwa to secure a medium- to long-term supply of nickel, cobalt, lithium and other metals necessary for EV batteries.
