Honda shelves $11B Canada EV factory as its electric retreat deepens (electrek.co)

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[-] inari@piefed.zip 37 points 5 months ago

Retreat into irrelevance

[-] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago

Maybe in NA, their chinese-built EVs are still very popular here

[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

Not sure about in North America - but Honda have largely become irrelevant here in Australia, falling so far behind Toyota, Mazda, Hyundai and Kia.

There is still a small, devoted fan-base (my wife included) who are brand loyal due to (perceived?) reliability - but man, it’s not doing so well in sales.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Perceived reliability? I had a 2011 Civic with over 200K, zero problems until I crashed. Then 2015, 188K when I also crashed. Now, 2019, 105K, no mechanical problems so far. I'll try better to avoid another crash. 😏

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

They're not even reliable. The 2018 gen Honda Civic has a known air conditioner problem. My brother got rid of his car after the third recall on the air conditioner and instability caused from it. Honda and Toyota decided that innovation and reliability weren't for them anymore.

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

“Our commitment to horses and buggies is unwavering.”

[-] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Its a bold move, I'm sure it will pay off /s

[-] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago

electric retreat? will Honda even be a company in 5 years? selling motorcycles and lawnmowers and nothing bigger, if they're still around.

...i loved my Honda back in the day.......

(i don't hate them now, just saying they are doing poorly, to put it mildly)

[-] jaykrown@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

They retreat while other companies adapt and grow.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

"Canada" is an adjective nowadays? I thought it was "Canadian".

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

I want like five 80s civic wagons but other than that honda can gtfo.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

https://moneywise.com/auto/auto/toyota-honda-ford-ceos-warning-china-portfolio

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