Honda has revealed its policy to expand its hydrogen business.
The next-generation fuel cell system jointly developed with GM = General Motors of the United States will be provided to other companies, aiming to spread it in cars and construction machinery.
Honda's policy to expand its hydrogen business is to provide other companies with the next-generation fuel cell system that it is jointly developing with GM in the mid-2020s.
Aiming to reduce the production cost to one-sixth of the current level and increase the durability by four times, we aim to manufacture 60,000 units annually by 2030 for use in automobiles, construction machinery, and hydrogen-fueled power supply equipment. In the second half of the 1980s, we plan to produce several hundred thousand units a year.
Honda plans to sell its own FCV (fuel cell vehicle) equipped with this fuel cell system in Japan and the United States next year, but by also offering it to other companies, it wants to accelerate the realization of a hydrogen society. increase.
In addition to Honda, Toyota is also working on fuel cell vehicles, but the issue has been that their presence in the global market has not increased compared to EVs (electric vehicles).
After the press conference, Senior Managing Executive Officer Shinji Aoyama said, "We would like to create a hydrogen ecosystem while reaching out to a wide range of related partners, not just Honda."