Saw Honda's making a pretty interesting move – they're bringing the all-electric INSIGHT from China into Japan. Basically, it's a pure electric SUV that Honda's making at their Chinese joint venture, then they'll tweak it to meet Japanese specs and ship it over. This is actually their second China import for the Japanese market after the Odyssey minivan.

What caught my attention is the reasoning behind it. Honda's been pushing the EV shift, but they don't have enough models ready for Japan yet. So instead of waiting, they're pulling from their China production to fill the gap. Plus, it helps boost the factory utilization over there since sales haven't been great. Pretty practical thinking when you think about it – use existing capacity, expand the EV lineup, hit two birds with one stone.

Guess this is what happens when you need to move fast on EVs but your pipeline isn't ready. Anyone else think more automakers will start doing this kind of cross-border strategy?