Car and motorbike maker Honda Motor Co. is positioning itself for a vertical takeoff.
The Tokyo-based company is embarking on efforts to field a new electric-hybrid air taxi, a robot with human-like hands that may one day toil on the moon and a reusable rocket to carry small satellites into space more economically.
Honda¡¯s vision of how people will work, travel and spend leisure time in the future will help expand its business beyond cars, lawn mowers and motorcycles. The efforts are a key component of Honda¡¯s ¡°2030 Vision¡± to broaden the definition of mobility and to improve peoples¡¯ daily lives.
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