Honda Plant Shutdown Extended to April 7

Photo: ©Honda Honda has announced it will extend its production suspension at all automobile, engine, and transmission plants in the United States and Canada. The Honda plant shutdown was initially planned to take place from March 23 to March 30, with a return date of March 31. Honda has now extended the suspension by five…

Honda Pledges $168,000 Towards Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund

Honda is supporting the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund Photo: JD Hancock via CC On Saturday, April 25, 2015, the South Asian country of Nepal was devastated by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. On Wednesday, Honda—which has a system of distributors and dealerships in Nepal—committed $168,000 in funds towards the relief and recovery effort. The Japanese automaker released…

HondaJet Receives Provisional Type Certification from FAA

The HondaJet Receives Provisional Type Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration Ten days after the HondaJet HF120 turbofan engine received FAA certification, the Honda Aircraft Company has announced today that the FAA has awarded the HondaJet a provisional type certification. “Provisional type certification for the HondaJet is a tremendous milestone for the program, and we…

HondaJet Engine Receives FAA Production Certificate

FAA Manager Greg Benson (right) awards HAI President Masahiko Izumi with the FAA Production Certificate Honda announced today that the FAA has issued Honda Aero, Inc. (HAI) a PART 21 Production Certificate. Based in Burlington, North Carolina, HAE produces the GE Honda Aero Engines HF120 turbofan engine that is used to power the HondaJet. “This…

HondaJet Certified in Mexico Ahead of 2016 Aero Expo Debut

The HondaJet arrives in Mexico for the 2016 Aero Expo Today the Honda Aircraft Company announced that the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Mexico, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), has given the HondaJet type certification. The HondaJet is also scheduled to make its debut at the 2016 Aero Expo, Mexico’s premiere aviation trade show, held…

Honda ASIMO Visits Dubai, Meets Global Leaders He will Overthrow

“Tremble before your new god, humans!”—After conquering NYC, Honda ASIMO visits Dubai in his quest for global domination Honda ASIMO, the world’s most visible specter of the coming singularity—the moment when artificial intelligence software becomes self-aware and turns on its human masters in bloody conflict—is visiting Dubai this week for The Government Summit: “Shaping Future…

Happy Honda Days Campaign Goes Big with Michael Bolton

It’s all about the flash and sparkle during the holidays, whether it’s with holiday lights cued to music or some sparkly garland for the tree. Honda gets this and, to promote the Happy Honda Days campaign, has decided to partner with one person who is guaranteed to bring the pizzazz—multiple Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Michael Bolton….

Honda Tops All American Automakers in Supplier Survey

The Honda Heritage Center in Marysville, Ohio Suppliers like doing business with Honda Motor Company more than GM, Ford, or Fiat-Chrysler, reports Columbus Business First. Along with fellow Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation, Honda finished at the top of an annual survey of suppliers by Michigan-based Planning Perspectives Inc. “One word can explain the difference…

Honda Promotes First-Ever Female Operating Officer

Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo at the Detroit Auto Show In an effort to further diversify its top executives, Honda Motor Co. today named its first-ever female operating officer, Asako Suzuki. Suzuki is presently the president of Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., one of the Japanese automaker’s joint ventures in China. When she assumes the role of…

Honda Decries Formula One’s New Three-Engine Limit

Photo: Bertho RF1 Honda’s Formula One project leader, Yusuke Hasegawa, has called the sport’s move to a three-engine limit per season “unreasonable.” In an effort to cut costs, F1 regulations have increasingly limited the number of engines teams can use throughout the course of a season. In the early 2000s, the richest teams used a…