Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

Toyota’s North Carolina battery plant will supply 400,000 battery packs annually to Honda in a bid to avoid tariffs. Honda is making an unexpected move to navigate the shifting landscape of U.S.

Keen to avoid hefty new tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, Honda will source batteries for its hybrid vehicles from fellow Japanese automaker Toyota and its battery plant in North Carolina.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Honda Motor will procure batteries for its hybrid vehicles from Toyota Motor's plant in the United States in an effort to reduce tariff risks under the Trump ...

Honda’s been making hybrids for more than a quarter-century, but for years the cars were outliers in its U.S. lineup. Chalk it up to confusion in a marketplace where the words “hybrid” and “Prius” ...

Fifty miles per gallon? That’s what Honda claimed. But Heather Peters’ 2006 Civic Hybrid never did better than 41, maybe 42 mpg. And when Honda “fixed” her battery, the car dropped below 30 mpg.

When Honda gave the 11th-generation Civic Hatchback a refresh late last year, among the changes were the addition of a hybrid option to the lineup. There was already a lot to like about Honda’s ...