For the past 20 years, those who use cars for transportation have begun to consider another option for their everyday lives: the electric vehicle. Switching from a traditional vehicle to an EV could solve quite a slate of problems.

U.S. and Japanese negotiators are still working on trade talks in Washington. But for Japanese automakers, that's not the biggest news of the week. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

Honda Motor said on Tuesday that it was scaling back its investment in electric vehicles given slowing demand and would be focusing on hybrids, now far more in favour, with a slew of revamped models.