honda

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational corporation known for manufacturing automobiles, motorcycles, power equipment, and robotics. Headquartered in Tokyo, the company operates globally with manufacturing and research facilities in numerous countries and a wide distribution network.

Founded in 1946 as the Honda Technical Research Institute by Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa, it was reorganized as Honda Motor Co., Ltd. in 1948. The firm began as a motorcycle maker and expanded into automobile production in the 1960s, achieving rapid international growth and establishing a presence in North America and Europe. The Acura luxury brand was introduced in North America in 1986.

Core products include passenger cars such as the Civic, Accord, and CR-V; the Fit/Jazz subcompact; motorcycles like the Super Cub; and power equipment including generators. Honda Aircraft Company produces the lightweight HondaJet, and the company operates global activities in robotics and other advanced technologies.

Technological strengths include engine design and efficiency, such as VTEC variable valve timing, and ongoing electrification with hybrid and electric vehicles. Honda has developed robotics technologies, most famously the ASIMO humanoid robot, and pursues hydrogen fuel cell and other alternative powertrains through its Clarity models and related research.

Honda is one of the largest automobile manufacturers by volume and a leading motorcycle maker. It emphasizes sustainability, with goals for carbon neutrality across its products and operations in the future and investments in efficiency, electrification, and renewable energy.