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Re:Honda targeting 50% weight reduction with EV solid state ... by cowmix on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:46AM (#37323911)
Honda isn't even doing incremental steps, they are sitting it out still hoping EVs fail. That was a "safe" bet 10 years ago but completely insane now. Car companies just can't pivot on a dime, you have to ramp up your supply chain over a few years which the the Japanese OEMs are NOT doing.

In the early 2000s Toyota and Honda did hybrids right while the US OEMs sat out the first 10 year. Japan OEMS are doing that failed US OEM stragegy now for EVs... and they'll unfortunately pay for it.

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Re:Honda targeting 50% weight reduction with EV solid state ... by serjester on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:54AM (#37324015)
This really isn't a fair characterization.

https://hondanews.com/en-US/releases/honda-announces-next-st...

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Re:Honda targeting 50% weight reduction with EV solid state ... by cowmix on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:19PM (#37324346)
Are you kidding me? Those are modest investments for how far behind they are and it is nothing compared to every other OEM's EV (re)investment.

That one joint venture battery plant for instance will at some point do 40GWH output a year while Tesla's Reno plan does 100 GWH a year -- right now.

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