Honda News Articles
Honda Continues CNG-Powered Civic, In Shadow of Hybrids and EVs
For the past seven years, the natural-gas-powered Honda Civic GX has been named the greenest vehicle on the market by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. The Civic GX might next year cede its green crown to the all-electric Nissan LEAF or the plug-in Chevy Volt. Nonetheless, Honda is planning to increase production [...]After Toyota Recall, Best Deals Ever for Hybrids
Consumer Reports yesterday named the 2010 Toyota Prius the best new-car value for the year. On top of that, Toyota is offering unprecedented deals on the Prius. In an unexpected turn of events, Toyota’s safety recalls could create a jump in hybrid sales. To counteract the effects of negative publicity, Toyota is offering a sale [...]Mixed Reviews on Honda CR-Z as Hybrid and Sports Car
Can a hybrid be as fun as a sports car? Can a sports car save fuel like a hybrid? Honda this week gave automotive journalists their first chance behind the wheel of the 2011 Honda CR-Z Hybrid. Honda’s goal with the all-new two-seater is to combine the fuel parsimony of a hybrid with the sportiness [...]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 [...]January 2010 Dashboard: Hybrids Continue to Beat the Overall Market
> Subscribe to the HybridCars.com Market Dashboard Sales of hybrid gas-electric cars outperformed the overall market in January—showing an 11 percent gain compared to January 2009. The overall market was essentially flat compared to one year ago. The red down arrows all over this month’s Hybrid Market Dashboard result from a 31 percent dip in [...]September 2010 Dashboard: Hybrid Sales Slide, While Clean Diesel Continues Growth
> Subscribe to the HybridCars.com Market Dashboard Hybrid sales were up by 10 percent in September, compared to a year ago. But the total year-to-date numbers tell a more accurate picture. So far in 2010, automakers have sold 10 percent fewer gas-electric hybrids, in an overall auto market that has grown by about 10 percent. [...]Details Emerging about Honda’s “Affordable” Hybrid
Honda has been tightly guarding the details about its next hybrid, which the company is introducing next year. Even top U.S. engineers have not seen photographs of the vehicle. Until recently, just about the only confirmed information about the vehicle is that Honda expects to sell 200,000 units per year—as part of its larger goal [...]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 [...]$5M Fine for a Japanese Supplier of Motor Vehicle Components
As part of an ongoing investigation by the Canada’s Competition Bureau, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Furukawa), a Japanese supplier of motor vehicle components, was fined $5 million by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for its participation in an international bid-rigging conspiracy. This fine is the largest ever ordered by a court in Canada for [...]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 [...]