Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Honda will unveil the Honda Insight Prototype at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January as the precursor to the new third-generation 2019 Honda Insight—an upscale, stylish five-passenger sedan positioned above the Civic in Honda’s passenger car lineup. L/100 km).

Insight 150

Insight Honda Detroit Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2015

Honda opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its property in Marysville, Ohio. The CNG station, which was designed, constructed and will be operated by Trillium CNG, is the first public CNG station located on a Honda property in North America.

North America 150

North America Honda America Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

The Nikkei reports that Honda will restart production of minicars for Japan (cars with engine displacements of 660 cc or less) after a hiatus of more than four years. Honda stopped making cars with engine displacements of 660 cc or less in June 2007, farming out production to subsidiary Yachiyo Industry Co.

Honda 231

Honda Production Cheap Japan 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Global sales of Honda hybrid vehicles reached 300,740 units on a cumulative basis at the end of January 2009. Honda first began hybrid sales in November 1999 with the introduction of its first-generation Insight in Japan. Cumulative hybrid sales by model and region. Click to enlarge.

2009 150

2009 Honda Civic Hybrid North America 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Honda Motor Co., Representing the evolution of the U3-X personal mobility device that Honda announced in 2009 ( earlier post ), UNI-CUB features Honda‘s proprietary balance control technology and an omni-directional driving wheel system: Honda Omni Traction (HOT) Drive System. Click to enlarge. Image of HOT Drive System.

Personal 268

Personal Honda Lithium Ion 2009 268

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Honda R&D Americas, Inc., has opened an Advanced Design Studio in downtown Los Angeles for the creation of future Honda and Acura automobile and mobility design concepts. The studio, one of three Honda maintains in the Los Angeles area, was previously located in Pasadena, Calif.,

Los Angeles 231

Los Angeles Honda America Design 231

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Honda will introduce the new 5-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan by the end of 2016, beginning with retail leasing to customers through its expanded network of 12 approved fuel cell vehicle dealerships located in select California markets. Refueling time is approximately three to five minutes using 70 MPa refueling stations.

Honda 150

Honda EPA Miles Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Honda opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its property in Troy, Ohio. The CNG station, which was designed, constructed and will be operated by Trillium CNG, is the second public CNG station located on a Honda property in North America, following one opened at Honda of America Mfg. Earlier post.).

Ohio 150

Ohio Honda America Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Honda Motor Co., Takanobu Ito, the current President, Chief Operating Officer and Representative Director, will remain on the board and assume the post of Director and Advisor to Honda Motor. From April 2004 to March 2006, Hachigo was stationed in the US as Senior Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc.,

Honda 150

Honda Automobile 2006 2013 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Honda gave the all-new 2016 Honda Pilot SUV its global premiere at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show. The 2016 Pilot, launching at Honda dealerships nationwide this summer, is the third generation of Honda’s three-row midsize SUV to be designed, developed and manufactured in the US. The 2016 Pilot features a new 3.5-liter,

Fuel Economy 150

Fuel Economy Honda 2016 Economy 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2012

Honda GHG emissions by Scope. Honda Motor Co., disclosed estimates of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to Honda including emissions from Honda’s global business operations and customer use of Honda motorcycles, automobiles and power products. Overall GHG emissions from Honda and Honda products.

Honda 250

Honda Emissions Gas Production 250

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2014

The redesigned 2015 Honda Fit earned an acceptable rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s challenging small overlap front test, a significant improvement over the 2009-13 model, which was rated poor. The Fit is the ninth Honda/Acura model to earn a 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK award.

Honda 218

Honda 2015 Acura 2014 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Honda Motor Co., Leveraging the features of its IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) hybrid system, Honda has been enhancing its hybrid vehicle lineup and currently sells eight hybrid models (three of them solely in Japan) in approximately 50 countries around the world. History of Honda’s Hybrid Models. mpg US, 2.86 Civic Hybrid.

Honda 244

Honda Hybrid Sale Acura 244

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

The Toyota Prius was the top-selling passenger car (excluding mini-cars and imported cars) in Japan in 2009, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Top 10 sellers in Japan in 2009. In the US, the Prius sold 139,682 units in 2009.). Click to enlarge.

2009 236

2009 Prius Japan Toyota 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

Top: Reported sales of US hybrids in 2009 resulted in a 2.8% Reported sales of hybrids in the US rose 42% in December 2009 year-on-year to 25,167 units; sales for the year decreased 7.5% to 290,280 units [ 1 ] , representing a new vehicle market share for calendar year (CY) 2009 of 2.8%. new vehicle market share.

2009 207

2009 Sale Hybrid Altima Hybrid 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

According to the latest US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy report, Hyundai passed all major manufacturers in MY 2009 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) as measured in EPA testing. MY 2009 EPA Lab 55/45 ( projected ). miles per gallon (mpg). Manufacturer Cars/Trucks mpg US. Volkswagen.

2009 186

2009 Hyundai Fuel Economy EPA 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Honda Motor Co., plans to stage the world premiere of the Honda New Small Concept, a concept model of a new small-sized vehicle which Honda is currently developing especially for India and other emerging nations, at the Auto Expo 2010 to be held in New Delhi, India from 5-11 January 2010.

Honda 186

Honda 2010 Concept Auto 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Honda has unveiled the U3-X, a compact Li-ion-powered experimental personal mobility device that fits between the rider’s legs and provides free movement in all directions just as in human walking: forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally. The two seat pads and the foot rests fold into the body of the device when not in use.

Personal 262

Personal Honda Li-ion Japan 262

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2011

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 (up 30% compared to 2009). million units.

Motorcycles 225

Motorcycles India Honda 2013 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2011

Honda is becoming the newest automotive member of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) program in Europe. Honda has been running fuel cell electric vehicles on European roads since 2009 and will support CEP activities with 2 FCX Clarity fuel cell electric vehicles. Klaus Bonhoff, Chairman & Managing Director of NOW GmbH.

Honda 218

Honda Clean Cleaning Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Honda is teaming up with ANA (All Nippon Airways) at the request of HySUT (The Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilization Technology) to offer the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle as a limo service to passengers on international flights at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport from 5 September 2011. Integrity Exports.

Honda 247

Honda Fuel Hydrogen Auto Industry 247

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

Honda Motor Co., The initiative is part of the Electric Vehicle Testing Program for Honda’s next-generation personal mobility products, in which Honda and Saitama Prefecture are currently collaborating. In March 2009, Honda and Saitama Prefecture concluded an agreement to collaborate on environmental issues.

Honda 210

Honda Solar Hydrogen Los Angeles 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

from March 2009. Honda, however, reported a decrease in hybrid sales of 22.2% on a volume basis; Ford saw its sales jump 42.7%; and Honda reported an increase of 22.5%. to 1,784 units; the two went on sale in March 2009. Sales of the Honda Civic Hybrid dropped 79.8% Ford reported hybrid sales of 3,050 units, up 69.3%

LS 600H 186

LS 600H Honda Hybrid Toyota 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

and Blue Energy, a venture with Honda Motor. million lithium-ion batteries for hybrids since 2009. GS Yuasa makes batteries for standard and plug-in hybrids through Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture with partners including Mitsubishi Corp., The manufacturer also plans to work with partners on EV batteries.

Market 210

Market Batteries Battery Lead Acid 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

and Honda Motor Co., Toyota launched the Mirai FCV in late 2014, while Honda has announced its plan to bring an FCV to market before April 2016 and Nissan is also planning to market an FCV as early as 2017. Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Earlier post.)

Japan 150

Japan Honda Nissan Toyota 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2011

Honda Civic Concept. The Honda Civic Si Concept coupe and Civic Concept sedan made their world debuts at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, providing the first official glimpse at the styling direction of the 9 th -generation 2012 model set to go on sale this spring. Click to enlarge.

Honda 186

Honda Concept Civic Hybrid Gas 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Honda Motor Co., Honda held the world premier exhibition of the EV-neo concept model (under the name EVE-neo) at the 41 st Tokyo Motor Show in 2009. Earlier post.). Prototype of EV-neo. Click to enlarge. With a regular charger, 100% of the battery capacity will be charged in approximately 4 hours (100V power source).

Honda 210

Honda 2010 Sale Lithium Ion 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2009

Honda Automoveis do Brasil Ltda. HAB), Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, began sales of the City FFV (Fuel Flexible Vehicle) in Brazil. The company is planning to begin export of this model to Mexico and other countries of South America starting from September 2009. The City FFV was developed.

Brazil 150

Brazil Honda Sale Thailand 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

by volume year-on-year in March 2009 to 857,735 units, according to figures from Autodata. March 2009 had 25 sales days compared to 26 in March 2008; all figures here reflect changes in actual volume, rather than adjusted day selling rate. The SAAR (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in March 2009 was 9.86 American Honda Motor Co.,

2009 150

2009 Sale Camry Hybrid 2008 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Honda Motor Co., On 15 December, Honda announced a similar Electric Vehicle Testing Program in the US, featuring the first public test drive of a Fit EV prototype and an Accord Sedan test vehicle outfitted with a new two-motor plug-in hybrid system. The plug-in hybrid electric test vehicle for Japan. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

Plug-in 236

Plug-in Honda Japan Plug 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Honda Motor Co. liter i-VTEC engine and Honda’s fifth-generation Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) technology. The 2010 Honda Insight hybrid car made its world debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. The Insight goes on sale in the US in April 2009. L/100km) in JC08 mode and 30 km/L (70.6

Honda Insight 170

Honda Insight Insight Japan Honda 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda.(HDA), HDA), a Honda subsidiary in Brazil responsible for production and sales of motorcycles and power products, will begin sales in Brazil of the flex fuel CG150 TITAN MIX in mid-March 2009. million units in 2008, and Honda sales accounted for 1.326 million units of the total.

Brazil 150

Brazil Motorcycles Honda Sale 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

US sales of hybrids in March 2009 as reported by the automakers dropped 44% by volume year-on-year to 21,433 units; that performance was worse than the total light duty vehicle market, which posted a 36.8% new vehicle market share for hybrids in March—down from 2.82% in March 2008, but the highest mark so far in 2009.

2009 170

2009 LS 600H GS 450h Sale 170

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2023

Yesterday, our man Matt Posky ably wrote about the 2023 Honda Civic Type R and its record-setting lap at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, circling the Green Hell in 7:44.881, enough to best the 2019 Renault Mégane R.S. It is the latter which is standard kit on the R, though the ones used in the record are available through Honda dealers.

Aston Martin 79

Aston Martin Honda Porsche 2007 79

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

In a presentation at SAE 2009 World Congress, Kenji Nakano, Senior Chief Engineer, Honda R&D said that Honda has changed its view of the role and longevity of hybrid technology. Separately, Honda issued a statement confirming its commitment to the development and production of cleaner diesel engines for Europe.

Honda 150

Honda Hybrid Japan Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2009

Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (HMIN) began production of the natural gas-powered 2009 Civic GX at its plant in Greensburg, Indiana. The Civic GX was formerly produced at Honda’s East Liberty, Ohio plant and has ten years of proven performance as a natural gas powered vehicle.

Indiana 150

Indiana Honda Gas Production 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

Engineers from Honda R&D Co., presented a pair of papers at the SAE 2009 World Congress describing the development of a variable compression ratio (VCR) engine enabled by a dual piston mechanism. For the study, Honda installed a small pump separate from that of engine lubricating oil pump. Kadota et al. Yoshida, K.

Honda 150

Honda Concept Engine Downsizing 150