Honda Motor Co. Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe called the decisions “a switch in the planned course,” while stressing the long-term shift toward electrification remained unchanged, just pushed back in time.

Honda said despite the shift in strategy, it still aims for all of its global new-vehicle sales to come from battery-electric of hydrogen fuel-cell models by 2040.

Currently, Honda offers over a dozen hybrid vehicles globally, but only three in the United States and Canada: the Civic and Accord sedans and the CR-V SUV. Though the automaker hasn’t mentioned any names, we can probably expect to see hybrid versions of the Passport and Pilot in the next three-to-five years.