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Honda upping motorcycle production capacity in India 150% to 4M units per year by 1H 2013

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Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt.) HMSI), Honda’s wholly-owned motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India, will increase its motorcycle production capacity in India by 150% to 4 million units a year from the current 1.6 million units. million units (up 30% compared to 2009).

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Honda to begin reuse of rare earth metals extracted from used NiMH batteries before year end; targeting extraction from motors and Li-ion batteries as well

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Flow of the reuse of rare earth metals Honda is striving to achieve. Honda Motor Co., Honda will pursue the recycling of precious resources by reusing extracted rare earth metals not only for nickel-metal hydride batteries, but also for use in a wide range of parts. Global average of the amount of CO 2 emitted by Honda products.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Taking legal action over the ZEV mandates would be a repeat of the late 1990s: automakers filed a federal lawsuit that led California to water down its ZEV requirements beginning in 2001, thus effectively ending most automakers electric vehicle (EV) programs for more than a decade. Electric motorcycles breakout.

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Ten Honda manufacturing facilities in North America achieve Zero Waste to Landfill

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Ten of 14 Honda manufacturing plants in North America are now operating with zero waste to landfill, while the remaining four plants are functioning with “virtually zero” waste to landfill. Zero waste to landfills is a key target in Honda’s “Green Factory” initiative in North America. pounds (28.5