Honda News Articles
Acura To Reveal Hybrid NSX Concept in Detroit
Honda Motor Co. has confirmed it will bring back the Acura NSX as an efficient but powerful hybridized challenger to larger displacement conventional supercars. People are speculating what it will look like, and short of an artist’s rendition, we’re showing an earlier NSX above, but greater clarity will be offered this January at the Detroit [...]Honda Flip-Flops on U.S. Release of Honda Fit Hybrid
We first heard about plans for a hybrid gas-electric version of the Honda Fit in 2006. Since that time, Honda’s plans to bring the compact car—which could become the least expensive hybrid on U.S. roads—has been on and off again several times. The Honda Fit Hybrid went on sale in Japan last week, and will [...]American Honda Installs Stationary Fuel Cell System
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced last week the installation of a new fuel cell system on its Torrance, Calif. campus. The fuel cell will produce one megawatt of energy, and significantly reduce CO2 emissions from Honda’s operations in the region. “A stationary fuel cell system is a natural next step in our ongoing efforts [...]SolarCity and Honda Partner to Provide Solar Power
SolarCity and American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced this week a partnership to make solar power more affordable and available to Honda and Acura customers in the U.S. The partnership is establishing an investment fund to finance $65 million in solar projects to assist Honda and Acura customers with the initial cost of solar power [...]China and Japan Intensify Green Car Goals
China will soon overtake America as the world’s biggest car market, and could have 600 million or more cars on its roads in 2050. Despite a lot of talk from China about putting green cars on Chinese roads, hybrids account for only about 0.01 percent of today’s China passenger vehicle sales, according to JD Power [...]Fit EV Heading East
The all-electric 2013 Honda Fit EV is coming to select East Coast markets later this month. American Honda announced earlier today that the Fit EV will be available for lease at Honda dealerships in selected markets in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey. Customers will be able to lease the Fit EV for [...]Honda Now Recycling Rare Earth Metals For Batteries
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced it has established the world’s first process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries to recycle precious resources. Honda said that so far, it has been extracting an oxide containing rare earth metals from used nickel-metal hydride batteries at the plant of [...]July 2009 Dashboard
> Subscribe to the HybridCars.com Market Dashboard July 2009 Hybrid Car Sales Numbers This month’s dashboard is an abbreviated “summer vacation” version. We’re keeping it simple and just reporting the sales numbers. Hybrid sales in July grew to a whopping 3.55 percent of the new car market—its largest market share ever. Our information is based [...]Honda Drops Accord Hybrid
Date: June 7, 2007 – San Jose Mercury News Honda is dropping the hybrid version of the Honda Accord. Honda’s decision to place a hybrid system in the V-6 version of the Accord, rather than the more fuel-efficient four-cylinder vehicle, was a critical error. That decision—to use hybridization to offer greater performance rather than maximum [...]Generous New Federal Incentives Could Put CNG Vehicles on the Map
Last week, a bipartisan coalition of 133 House members signed on to co-sponsor the latest incarnation of the NAT GAS Act, which would provide credits for consumers, OEMs, fleet operators and filling station owners to encourage the adoption of compressed and liquified natural gas vehicles. The legislation was first introduced several years ago—thanks largely to [...]