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Honda, Yamato courier partner on battery-swap EVs in Japan

Reduced downtimes to allow for efficient package deliveries

Honda Motor and Yamato Transport are exploring options for electrifying vehicles used for package deliveries. (Photo courtesy of the companies)

TOKYO -- Honda Motor and logistics provider Yamato Transport are joining hands to put battery-swap electric vehicles on Japanese roads, Nikkei has learned, in an effort to build greener commercial fleets without the downtime associated with conventional EVs.

Honda will present a battery-swap version of its N-Van microvan at the Japan Mobility Show 2023, which starts in Tokyo on Oct. 25.

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