GUANGZHOU/TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co is interested to develop electric car batteries in China to tap the country's technology and vast resources, its chief executive said, adding that a breakthrough was needed to bring the zero-emission cars into the mainstream.
"If there is a suitable chance, we hope to work with China to (develop) batteries," Honda Chief Executive Takanobu Ito told reporters on Tuesday in southern China, where he announced a plan to boost annual production capacity by a third to 480,000 units at a Chinese joint venture, Guangqi Honda.
