Honda Motor Co.’s Clarity Fuel Cell model (Provided by Honda Motor Co.)
Honda Motor Co. said it will discontinue production of the Clarity, its only hydrogen fuel cell model, in August due to sluggish sales so it can concentrate on the development of fully electric vehicles.
Honda announced in April it will manufacture only fuel cell cars and EVs by 2040 in its shift from gas engine vehicles to bring its carbon footprint to zero.
Honda started selling its fuel cell model in 2016, two years after Toyota Motor Corp. released the Mirai fuel cell model.
Though Honda pitches its fuel cell model to rental car agencies in Japan and the United States, the market price in Japan carries a hefty 7.84 million yen ($71,100) price tag after tax.
03 يوليو 2021
أغلق مؤشر «نيكي» الياباني مرتفعاً أمس، إذ عوضت مكاسب حققتها مجموعة «سوني» و«تويوتا موتور» اللتان تركزان على التصدير بفعل انخفاض «الين»، ضعفاً لحق بالأسهم المرتبطة بالرقائق، لكن المؤشر أغلق منخفضاً في الأسبوع بفعل مخاوف حيال الإصابات الجديدة بفيروس كورونا.
وصعد «نيكي» 0.27% إلى 28783.28 نقطة، بعد انخفاضه على مدى أربع جلسات متتالية، بينما زاد المؤشر «توبكس» الأوسع نطاقاً 0.88% إلى 1956.31 نقطة.
وعلى مدار الأسبوع، نزل «نيكي» 0.97%، وهو أول انخفاض في أربعة أسابيع، بينما خسر المؤشر «توبكس» 0.32%، بعد أن ارتفع الأسبوع الماضي.
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Car Sales Continue Hot Streak, but Market Shows Signs of Cooling Car Sales Continue Hot Streak, but Market Shows Signs of Cooling
Auto makers are likely to report a slowing U.S. sales pace for recent months, as dealers have ready buyers but a lack of inventory
published : 3 Jul 2021 at 04:00 Vehicles for sale at a Ford dealership in Colma, California, June 30. With dwindling inventory over the last three months, U.S. auto sales have taken a sharp turn for the worse.
U.S. car sales continued at a blistering pace in the second quarter but showed some signs of slowing in June, as the number of vehicles on dealership lots continues to dwindle.
Japanese airlines eye shift to greener fuels with carbon neutrality in sight
July 3, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
A Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet is seen ahead of its first commercial flight using domestically produced biofuel, on Feb. 4, 2021, at Tokyo s Haneda Airport. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Maruyama) TOKYO (Kyodo) Going electric may be one solution for automakers to ride a global decarbonization trend, but for airlines, it is greener fuels that are grabbing their attention. Japan has joined a group of nations in pledging to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 but still lags behind Europe and the United States where more companies put biofuels from materials like waste cooking oil into commercial use for airlines. Hydrogen is also seen as an alternative source to fly aircraft.