Honda to be electric only by 2040 with solid state battery tech coming late 2020s

Honda has announced that it is aiming to become 100 per cent battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell powered in “major markets” by 2040. 
As part of a new electrification roadmap, the company says that 40 percent of its sales in the some world’s largest markets will consist of either electric or fuel cell vehicles by 2030, rising to will 80 percent by 2035. However, the plan only references North America, Japan and China. 

Honda e: long-term test review

Key to the electrification push is the development of a brand new electric car platform. Called e:Architecture, Honda will launch a new series of electric vehicles on this new platform in the coming years. EVs using this platform will be launched in north america first, before steadily being diffused throughout the global market. No technical specifications have been announced, but Honda has confirmed that the platform has been developed in-house. 
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Honda will tackle its domestic market with an electrification push starting with a pure-electric kei car in 2024. The company also says it will source as much of the raw materials for the car’s battery from within Japan to support the local economy.
In North America, the brand has teamed up with general Motors to develop two “large-sized EV models,” by 2024, which will use the same Ultium battery technology found in the new pure-electric Hummer. one of these new models will carry a Honda badge, while the other will be branded an Acura.