新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Honda Cuts Jobs in China, Suspends Production at Three Plants
新闻日期：2024-09-11
日本日产公司将裁员近2000名员工，以确保可持续运营并加速其向电动汽车转型的战略。这家汽车制造商通过社交媒体宣布，将为员工提供遣散金。
为了减少库存，从8月26日起暂停三座工厂的生产约两周时间，日产公司周三在电子邮件声明中告知Bloomberg。
本田未对裁员一事发表评论，而东风方面未及时回应周三的相关询问。
在中国这个最大的汽车市场，外国汽车制造商如日本、美国和德国均面临来自快速向电动汽车转型以及激烈竞争的压力。2024年上半年，日产公司的中国销量下滑了21.48%。
为了实现电动化目标，本田将减少汽油车的生产。此外，与广州汽车集团的合作也有一家合资企业在今年早些时候进行了裁员，据中国媒体报导。
中国国内内燃机车型的需求正在下降，而电动汽车和混合动力车的需求持续增长。前八个月中，传统汽油车的销量下降了15%，根据中国汽车工业协会的数据。
原文摘要：
is slashing jobs and has paused production at three of its plants in China, as it seeks to trim inventories and work on a broader shift in strategy in the world’s largest car market.The Japanese automaker offered redundancy packages to more than 2,000 workers at its joint venture with China’s state-owned , according to local media reports. The staff optimization is part of a strategy to ensure sustainable operations and speed up its transition to electric vehicles, Dongfeng Honda said in a via social media on Tuesday. Production at three plants has been suspended for about two weeks from Aug 26 to reduce inventory, Honda said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg on Wednesday.Honda declined to comment on the job cuts, while Dongfeng didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.The automobile industry’s rapid transition toward EVs and fierce competition in China have hurt sales and earnings of foreign automakers, including Japanese, American and German. Honda’s China sales plummeted 21.48% in the first half of 2024.To move toward electrification, Honda will reduce production of gasoline cars. The Japanese carmaker also has another joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group, which also slashed workers earlier this year, according to the Chinese media.READ: Demand for internal combustion vehicles in China has been falling while that of EVs and hybrids continue to grow. The sales of conventional gasoline cars fell by 15% in the first eight months of this year, according to the China Passenger Car Association.
