Honda Motor Co. has signed a multi-year agreement to work with a US AI startup in which it has an equity stake to develop self driving capabilities, tapping into Silicon Valley know-how for next generation automated technologies. The Japanese carmaker and Redwood City-based Helm.ai Inc. will collaborate on producing advanced driver assistance systems for Honda's mass market vehicles by 2027, the two said Wednesday in a statement.
The first part of our electrification program led us to deploy some 230 e-buses in three depots which are partially electrified. We are planning to build two new depots fully electrified from the very beginning.