Local News

Honda Motors and Kumamoto Prefecture signed an agreement on the 5th to conduct trials of vehicles for what was referred to as “next generation personal mobility”. These include an electric car and Monpal, a plug-in hybrid vehicle for one rider, both under development. The vehicles, slated to go on sale in 2012, will be tested for carbon emissions and other factors on prefecture roads. The Monpal in particular will be tested for use at facilities for the aged.