TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Honda Motor ( HMC ) pledged to double its electrification and software investment to about $65 billion over the 10 years running through the 2030 business year, it said on Thursday.

Honda ( HMC ) CEO Toshihiro Mibe told a press conference the automaker planned to spend a total of 10 trillion yen ($64.88 billion) on electrification and software over the period, twice as much as the 5 trillion yen it had pledged in April 2022.

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