Honda changing course, will build its own electric vehicles

DETROIT: Although General Motors will build Honda's first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade.

Company officials say they're developing their own EV architecture, and after two GM-made EVs go on sale in 2024, Honda will start building its own. "It's absolutely our intention to produce in our factories,” Honda of America Executive Vice President Dave Gardner said, adding that Honda has developed battery manufacturing expertise from building gas-electric hybrids. "We absolutely intend to utilize that resource.”