Honda modifies Step WGN and Odyssey to transport Covid-19 patients in Japan
Hans · Apr 15, 2020 10:23 AM
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Honda Motor’s headquarters in Tokyo has announced that it will be stepping in to assist local authorities in Tokyo in transporting mildly ill patients living within Tokyo’s Minato and Shibuya district.
Honda will be providing specially modified units of Step WGN and Odyssey minivans for non-emergency medical transport purposes. The vehicles will have a partition installed between the first row seats and the rear, while the climate control has been modified to maintain a constant negative pressure between the front and rear sections of the cabin, so there will be no cross-flow of air between the two sections.
Even before Covid-19, the Honda Step WGN is already available in Japan with optional disabled persons-friendly access features
The modified Step WGN and Odyssey are being prepared at Honda’s Saitama factory.
Meanwhile, Honda’s auto parts manufacturing facilities in Tochigi and Suzuka will begin producing face shields in May. The face shields will be provided free of charge to medical front liners in Japan.
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