Wednesday, April 2, 2025

State subsidies cannot force people to switch to electric cars, says Honda

The transition to electric cars cannot be advanced by filling electric cars with tax rebates and government subsidies. – We cannot force people to change their minds, says Honda.

Germany will reintroduce state subsidies for electric cars, Sweden and the Netherlands refuse. In the latter country, however, the support is only on its way out.

– We cannot force people to change their minds.

That's what it sounds like from the top boss at Honda in the USA. That is, all the way over on the other side of the Atlantic. The electric car does not work for everyone, and forcing it is a very bad idea.

– To a certain extent, incentives can be used. But you can't force people who live in, for example, the Midwest, in areas without charging stations, to choose an electric car, said the Honda boss to the medium The Drive in connection with the Monterey Car Week car exhibition in August.

READ ALSO: Volvo's new electric car factory lacks 70 percent of electricity

The statements from the Honda top come roughly at the same time that brands such as Mercedes, Volkswagen and Ford regret plans to build only electric cars.

Conversely, the director of the pure electric car brand Lucid, Peter Rawlinson, has said that the lack of desire for electric cars is only temporary among motorists.

However, the fact that Honda says that you cannot force drivers to buy electric cars is not the same as the brand giving up on the electric car.

On the contrary, the Japanese have said that they will rebuild three of their factories in the United States so that these are ready for electric cars. In addition, 25 billion Danish kroner must be spent on an actual battery factory.

This is in stark contrast to the tone of, for example, Mercedes, where the chief executive has allegedly stopped the development of a number of electric cars. The money will instead be used on a number of 'highly efficient internal combustion engines'. Read more about it here .

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