GM General Motors made in its production of new Volt electric vehicle in the same week, Honda announced that RD Director Masaaki Kato on plug-electric hybrid systems research, R & D investment in the near future will not be confirmed.
Toyota and GM are legitimate in the development of plug-electric hybrid system plugged rechargeable battery power efficiency and pure electric vehicles in the direction, but laptop battery technology for Honda would not hold a lot of confidence, especially the unplugged mode really fit Commercial operation of the business have yet to do and, more recently, the price of lithium laptop battery is still high, and there is heavy and has a low battery power, and so on, not the standard of goods.
So Honda decided to go its own way, by launched a few days ago FCX fuel cell car, Honda will own the future of alternative energy vehicles, car key, because only need to travel 448 kilometers hydrogen 4 kg, compared with traditional batteries, However, the expected Toshiba battery technology and many more possibilities for the development of scientific and technological breakthroughs in the degree of difficulty will be lower. In the past two years have made some remarks, although Honda did not rule out the unplugged mode power source, but after a recent talk show, Honda fuel cell will be the core of alternative energy.