The car industry is full of contradictions. On the one hand it creates machines that are harming our planet, yet some of the most innovative sustainability thinking takes place behind the the closed doors of some of these companies.

Last month we flew to Japan to visit Honda. Founded in 1948, this is Japan’s third carmaker and the world’s largest producer of motorcycles. It is also one of the leaders when it comes to ecological thinking as we discovered on the trip where amongst other innovations we met ASIMO the humanoid robot.

Watch the video of ASIMO running, the humanoid robot is now smarter and even more agile.

Read the full article Development news from Honda’s Japan HQ published in Wallpaper*.

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