Honda R&D

Robot to expand
people’s potential

For creative human work

Embodying ideas

Confronting mobility
difficulties

Creating fun of walking

Utilizing algae to convert CO₂
into valuable substances

Solving the future
challenges through
innovative material research

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Mission

Honda R&D Co., Ltd. has been creating new values getting ahead of the changes of the times. Honda R&D has been striving for expanding customers’ joys through the pure and applied research of new technologies, new technology development, and the research and development of products with new value that are driving forces to support Honda. Honda R&D will produce new creative and innovative technologies to lead the world.

Top Message

We are introducing the importance of the existence of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. and our thought. This message responds to questions in the midst of the greatest transformation.

Research Centers to Focus on the Creation of the Future Value

Honda R&D Co., Ltd. has established the system to create new value focusing on the innovative areas looking into the future of humans and society.
Honda R&D has been maximizing the values by means of the overall strength obtained through the collaboration, together with various types of creative research.

Innovative Research Excellence

Innovative Research Excellence is, toward the realization of “society with zero environmental impact” and “society with zero traffic accident fatalities, undertaking
- battery technologies and next-generation electrification technologies to reduce environmental impact,
- technologies to understand humans and expand their ability,
- secure and safe technologies required for all traffic participants to coexist, and - innovative production technologies.

Innovative Research Excellence,
Power Unit & Energy

Innovative Research Excellence, Power Unit & Energy is working on the research and development of next-generation power units and energy technologies toward the realization of a "society with zero environmental impact".

Solution System Development Center

Solution System Development Center is aiming to provide new value that leads to the evolution of “mobility” and “daily lives” by realizing a solutin system coping with issues faced by society and changes in people’s sense of value.

Design Center

Design Center is a unique cooperate design organization in the world that is developing a wide range of designs such as motorcycles, automobiles, and innovative products and services to support work and lives.

Material Research Center

The Material Research Center continues to work towards creating an innovative material technology beyond the boundaries of business fields, to create Honda’s vision, the “joy and freedom of mobility”, and to realize mobility, which expands all possibilities.

Corporate Development Center

Corporate Development Center is, in order to enhance the competitiveness of the company, conducting comprehensive operations such as bringing together each research center cross-functionally, maximizing R&D potential, and expanding capability.

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