Honda and Nissan agree to work together on developing electric vehicles

The chief executives of Nissan and Honda appeared together at a news conference in Tokyo (John Walton/PA)

Nissan and Honda have said they will work together on developing electric vehicles and auto intelligence technology to pool resources in a sector where Japanese carmakers have fallen behind.

The chief executives of Nissan and Honda appeared together at a news conference in Tokyo to announce that Japan’s second and third biggest carmakers would look into possibilities, scope and areas that show potential for collaboration in electrification and the use of intelligence cars.