Summary of Honda CEO Speech at Honda Meeting 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. President & CEO Takahiro Hachigo held a press meeting (Honda Meeting 2017) to discuss the future direction of Honda, including various products and technologies and the company’s new 2030 Vision. Following is a summary of his formal remarks, with new announcements indicated with underlined text.
Speech Summary:
What Honda has achieved in the last two years and the direction Honda will take in the future ?
Since I became president, we have set and pursued the following two themes: ・Development of challenging products unique to Honda
・Advancement of our six-region global operation structure
1. Strengthening global models and regional models
We have been strengthening our global and regional models, which have long been strengths of Honda.
<Global models>
<Regional models>
2. Design and driving experience
3. Mutually complementary system for Honda’s global operations
4. Enhancing the introduction of electrification technologies
<Automobiles>
<Motorcycles>
5. Initiative toward the introduction of advanced safety technologies
<Increasing the number of vehicles that feature Honda SENSING technologies>
<Development of automated driving technologies>
1) We strive to provide our customers with a sense of confidence and trust by offering automated driving that will keep vehicles away from any dangerous situation and also not make people around the vehicle feel unsafe.
2) By featuring smooth and natural driving characteristics, our automated driving vehicle will realize occupant comfort that gives the driver complete trust and provides a fun of mobility that makes people naturally want to go driving.
2030 Vision
1. Concept behind formulating the 2030 Vision
<Constitution of the 2030 Vision>
1) Vision statement
2) Corporate attitude
3) Direction of our initiatives toward the fulfillment of the 2030 Vision
4) Business viewpoint to focus on
2. Introduction of the 2030 Vision Statement
We first clarified the two key elements of the Vision – the “universal passion of Honda” and the “strengths of Honda.”
<Universal passion of Honda>
<Strengths of Honda>
<2030 Vision Statement>
3. Direction of our initiatives toward the fulfillment of the 2030 Vision
<1) Creating value for “mobility” and “daily lives”>
<2) Accommodate the different characteristics of people and society>
<3) Toward a clean and safe/secure society>
4. Business viewpoint to focus on
<1) Inter-regional coordination and collaboration>
<2) Collaboration for Open Innovation with third parties>
<3) Strengthening foundation of existing businesses>
5. Corporate attitude