Editing Honda (section)

===Solar cells===
Honda's solar cell subsidiary company Honda Soltec (Headquarters: Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto; President and CEO: Akio Kazusa) started sales throughout Japan of [[thin-film solar cells]] for public and industrial use on October 24, 2008, after selling solar cells for residential use in October 2007.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://world.honda.com/news/2008/c081023Thin-Film-Solar-Cells |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025130920/http://world.honda.com/news/2008/c081023Thin-Film-Solar-Cells/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2008 |title=Honda Soltec Begins Sales of Thin-Film Solar Cells for Public and Industrial Use |date=23 October 2008 |publisher=World.honda.com |access-date=10 January 2012  }}</ref> Honda announced in the end of October 2013 that Honda Soltec would cease business operations in the Spring of 2014 except for support for existing customers and the subsidiary would be dissolved.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://world.honda.com/news/2013/c131030d/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232541/http://world.honda.com/news/2013/c131030d/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2013 |title=Honda to Discontinue Operations of Honda Soltec, a Photovoltaic Subsidiary |date=30 October 2013 |publisher=World.honda.com |access-date=30 October 2013  }}</ref>