Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ("Nissan") and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ("Honda") have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to start discussions and considerations toward a business integration between the two companies through the establishment of a joint holding company. To further accelerate their efforts toward achieving a carbon-neutral society and a zero-traffic-fatality society, Nissan and Honda signed an MOU on March 15 regarding a strategic partnership for the era of vehicle intelligence and electrification. Since then, the two companies have...

Honda is celebrating a quarter-century of hybrid-electric sales in America, a legacy that began with the original Honda Insight, the first mass production hybrid-electric vehicle ever sold in the United States, and continues today with hybrid-electric vehicles playing a key role in the company's electrification strategy. Over 25% of Honda brand sales today are hybrid-electric vehicles, with the Civic, Accord and CR-V each powered by Honda's award-winning two-motor hybrid-electric system. Launched in December 1999, the all-new Honda Insight was designed from the g...