{"id":3961,"date":"2018-11-20T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T14:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/?p=3961"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:58:00","slug":"honda-xcelerates-motor-city-startup-scene-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/ja\/honda-xcelerates-motor-city-startup-scene-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda \u201cXcelerates\u201d Motor City Startup Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honda Innovations is working with Honda operations globally to establish startup liaisons, providing protocols and best practices identifying and engaging with startups and entrepreneurs who share Honda\u2019s vision for transforming mobility.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3961 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-1-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Honda-Xcelerator-Global-Launch-Events-2-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The first of Honda Xcelerator\u2019s global launch events took place on November 30th at Honda R&amp;D Americas in Detroit, Michigan. Co-organized by Honda Innovations and Honda R&amp;D Americas Detroit, over 100 gathered at the Westin Atrium to hear about Honda\u2019s expanded engagement in the local startup scene. Startups BRAIQ, Haas Alert, and Tome joined to celebrate the occasion. An hour of networking and startup demos kicked-off the evening including a special tour of the HRA-DT garage. Honda Xcelerator Detroit Startup Liaisons, Eric Blumbergs, Shige \u201cCJ\u201d Saigusa, and Shitij Rastogi shared with the crowd their previous work with startups and how the Honda Xcelerator program will help their open innovation initiatives grow. Watch a video from the Honda Xcelerator Detroit Launch Event here.<\/p>\n<p>By engaging more deeply with the local startup community, Honda Xcelerator startup liaisons will create win-win opportunities for collaborations between top innovators and Honda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honda Innovations is working with Honda operations globally to establish startup liaisons, providing protocols [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"ja","_original_post":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/?p=232","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insights","ja"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3962,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961\/revisions\/3962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xcelerator.hondainnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}