honda which began its north american production shutdown on march 23 is extending its production halt by another week washington honda motor co said thursday it will extend a shutdown of all of its north american auto plants through may 8 and extend unpaid leaves for many salaried workers honda which began its north american production shutdown on march 23 is extending its production halt by another week the japanese automaker also said it is extending a twoweek furlough for the majority of salaried and support associates at honda operations by another week separately general motors co said thursday it was considering calling back some workers next week to prepare for the restart of production in north america that could begin as early as may 4 but said no decisions have been made advt read alsohonda back to work in chinas wuhan with temperature checks and maskshonda deploys its minivans to transport virus patients reuters published on apr 23 2020 at 1056 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app auto production production halt international car production honda motor co homenewshonda extends north america auto production halt through may 8