Dongfeng Akan Bina Kilang EV Honda Di Wuhan Pada 2024

Honda memerlukan sebuah kilang yang boleh menghasilkan ratusan ribu kenderaan elektrik di China, dan yang Wuhan inilah kilang itu.

Industri sedang beralih ke arah kenderaan elektrik dan tiada jenama kereta yang mampu ketinggalan. Walaupun Honda mempunyai kenderaan elektrik yang berjaya, Honda e, ia masih belum melancarkan EV pasaran besar-besaran untuk kegunaan awam. Honda hanya dijual di pasaran terhad. Untuk memenuhi permintaan masa depan bagi EV, Honda Motor (China) Investment dan Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd akan membina kilang pengeluaran kenderaan elektrik khusus baharu untuk mengembangkan barisan EVnya pada tahun-tahun akan datang.

Dongfend Honda Automobile telah wujud selama hampir 20 tahun dan mempunyai kapasiti sebanyak 720,000 unit setiap tahun. Dengan kilang baharu ini, kapasiti tahunan dijangka meningkat sebanyak 120,000 unit. Pengeluaran akan bermula pada 2024 di Zon Pembangunan Ekonomi Wuhan dan kilang itu dijangka menggabungkan inisiatif yang mampan di seluruh barisan pengeluaran.

Berikut adalah kenyataan media Honda.

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Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, today announced that Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, will build a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) production plant to establish sufficient production system and capability in preparation for the expansion of its EV lineup in the coming years.

Aiming to begin production in 2024, the new dedicated EV plant will be built in Wuhan Economic Development Zone in Hubei Province, China, with a lot size of 630,000 square meters, and a basic annual production capacity of 120,000 units.

Designed as a highly efficient and smart plant capable of start-to-finish EV production, the new plant will conduct complete processes for EV production including stamping, welding, painting, assembly and complete vehicle inspection. The plant also will strive to achieve an industry-leading level of automation, mainly in the assembly area.

Moreover, the new plant will proactively pursue sustainability initiatives, which will include utilization of renewable energy sources such as solar power toward the realization of carbon neutrality, use of recycled water and other resource conservation measures and reduction of VOC* emissions, a major source of air pollution.

Honda will continue accelerating its electrification efforts toward the realization of carbon neutrality by 2050 and offering attractive products that exceed customer expectations.