五月 10 日，Honda 印度研发私人有限公司【Honda R & D（India）Private Limited，简称 HRID】宣布在当地西南部卡纳塔克邦（Karnataka）的班加罗尔（Bengaluru）开设新的解决方案研发中心。
Honda India R&D Pvt. Ltd. is the R&D arm of Honda's motorcycle and electric vehicle products in India. The function of the newly established Solution R&D Center is to integrate advanced mobility technologies into the development of electric vehicles more quickly, and to "co-create" open innovation and focus on software and connected services by adopting the R&D company's technology and philosophy.
In addition, by taking advantage of the geographical location of the "ecosystem", the Solution R&D Center will work with local companies with new ideas to develop new services and businesses beyond the scope of existing businesses and products in the long term.
According to Honda, they have set a global goal of achieving carbon neutrality in all their products and corporate activities by 2050; In the motorcycle industry, Honda's goal is to achieve carbon neutrality for all motorcycle products by the 40s of the new century. In 2021, the Indian government announced at COP26 that the country would strive to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. In this changing environment, Honda believes that in order to continue to be the target of choice for customers, the company needs to not only respond to the trend of electrification, but also create new value and provide more attractive products and services beyond the established framework.
Considering that India's local software industry has a certain competitiveness in the global market and the cost is relatively low, Honda's choice seems to be to use the advantages of its global operation, both hardware innovation and software service system, in order to create an application "ecosystem" similar to the mobile application platform.
Below, Honda's Navi scooter (profile picture) was launched in the Indian market.
