Reuters reveals how Honda’s Hachigo seizing the wheel as quality crisis hits profits

Reuters examined how Honda Chief Executive Takahiro Hachigo is quietly working on reforms meant to simplify the way Honda designs cars and put its engineering resources to more effective use at a time when it needs to develop cars for an electric age. According to Reuters sources, Hachigo is poised to integrate Honda R&D Co Ltd into Honda Motor Co Ltd so its technicians work more closely with key departments such as purchasing, manufacturing, quality assurance, and sales and marketing.