Honda

The new Civic Hatchback becomes the third type of vehicle produced at the factory in Greensburg, joining the Honda CR-V compact SUV and the Insight Hybrid sedan, according to the company.

Honda is recalling over 1.4 million vehicles in the U.S. to repair drive shafts that can break, window switches that can overheat and a software flaw.

The largest recall covers nearly 608,000 Odysseys from 2018 to 2020, the 2019 and 2020 Passport and the 2019 through 2021 Pilot.

The nation's automakers are scrambling to keep assembly lines staffed during the COVID-19 crisis. At a Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio, that means calling on office workers to move to the line. And that has triggered anxiety among some workers.

The recall includes 136,000 vehicles in the U.S. It's part of a larger recall of fuel pumps made by parts supplier Denso.

As in World War II, automakers today represent manufacturing, engineering, and philanthropic capabilities that can be tapped for everything from face masks to ventilators and food programs.

Honda said Wednesday that it will shut down plants in North America, including one in Greensburg, for a week starting Monday. On Tuesday night, Detroit's three automakers agreed to rotating temporary production suspensions.

Several auto manufacturers announced Wednesday temporary shutdowns at facilities in response to the novel coronavirus.

Gov. Eric Holcomb spent Tuesday in Tokyo where his meetings included time with executives from Subaru and Honda, both of which have major auto assembly plants in Indiana.

Honda celebrated its 60th anniversary in America during June and will mark 40 years of production in America this September. The Honda that established a beachhead in a small storefront in Los Angeles six decades ago now employs more than 31,000 employees.