What Honda did in Ohio to be more environmentally friendly
MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – When Honda says it is trying to go green, it really means it.
The automaker was operating a different kind of vehicle Wednesday near its Marysville factory – workers on tractors planting 85,000 trees on 100 acres near the plant.
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The planting is part of Honda’s goal to be more environmentally friendly as the company tries to go carbon-neutral by 2050.
The future forest is called the Honda Power of Dreams Forest and features trees native to Ohio like hazelnut, hickory, maple, oak and sycamore. The company hopes to harvest hazelnuts and syrup from the trees.
Honda aims to go all-electric by 2040, selling only zero-emission vehicles by then and phasing out gas and diesel-powered engines.
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Honda hopes 40% of its sales will be zero-emission vehicles by 2030 and 80% by 2035.
The automaker is in the process of converting its Ohio plants to manufacture electric vehicles.
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