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Development of the first- and second-generation Afeela EVs will be shelved effective immediately, and the companies will re-evaluate Sony Honda Mobility.

The automaker will begin selling two U.S.-built cars — the Acura Integra Type S and the Honda Passport TrailSport Elite — in Japan in the second half of this year, it said March 5.

Honda’s sales of EVs will take a back seat to gas-fueled cars and SUVs in response to growing demand for low-cost models, said Lance Woelfer, the head of Honda’s U.S. sales operations.

Honda lowered its profit projection for the fiscal year through March 2026 to $2 billion, which would be a decline of 64% from the year before.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it’s aware of about 3,000 complaints alleging that 3.5 liter V-6 engines in Honda and Acura vehicles from the 2016 through 2020 model years failed because of faulty connecting rod bearings.

Honda and Helm.ai will collaborate on producing advanced driver assistance systems for Honda’s vehicles by 2027.

Honda said June 17 it plans to start small-scale production this year of an all-electric quadricycle, called the FastPort eQuad, for last-mile delivery in North America and Europe.

Japan’s biggest carmakers are looking at a hit of more than $19 billion from President Donald Trump’s tariffs that have left the global auto industry reeling.

Nissan is drawing up plans to replace its CEO following another dismal set of earnings and the collapse of talks to combine with Honda, according to people familiar with the matter.