Honda announced an ambitious Electric Vehicle Testing Programs in the US and Japan earlier this month. Honda has followed up with plans, and a joint venture with Kumamoto Prefecture, to advance their Electric Vehicle Testing Program for electric vehicle testing.

Honda and Kumamoto Prefecture entered an agreement to perform these tests through March 2013. Honda has already started testing the Monpal ML200 electric cart. Additional programs will take place in Kumamoto City, Minamata City, Aso and Amakusa to help promote a "low-carbon mobility society in the future."

The program will study:

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