Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2014

Annual sales of the second-generation Honda Insight. Data: Honda. Honda announced that while the US model Insight will be available at dealerships in the US through the end of the year, production of the hybrid will end in summer 2014. of total Honda sales in the US for that year. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Honda Motor Co., During the 2014 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, Honda will offer a sneak preview film of the F1 power unit under development, including the engine revving sound at the Honda stand at Suzuka Circuit (2-5 October 2014). Honda Formula 1 power unit. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

For 2014, our fourth annual Green Car Reports'' Best Car To Buy award goes to the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. This new model of the redesigned Honda Accord sedan introduced last year is comfortable, quiet, stylish--and delivers real-world fuel economy from 40 mpg to as much as 52 mpg.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Honda Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Honda notified Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the recall with a total recall population of 81,353 units. Honda’s Sport Hybrid i-DCD. The Sport Hybrid i-DCD. This latest recall is this the third related to problems with the 7-speed DCT.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 29, 2014

Honda was the first car company to sell a hybrid in the U.S. by a few months, but it hasn''t done nearly as well with its hybrids as Toyota has done with its Prius. That''s changed with.'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid has no transmission. To be more precise, there''s nothing in a form we''d normally recognize as a transmission—no conventional automatic transmission, no automated dual-clutch system, no belt-and-pulley continuously variable transmission (CVT) either.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Click to enlarge. Honda’s new 2-motor MY 2014 Accord Hybrid, built with the rest of the Accord lineup in a Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio, will go on sale in the US in October. In Hybrid Drive, the 124-kilowatt (kW) electric motor and the new 2.0-liter Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Honda is giving up its prestigious Formula 1 program to shift more resources into battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell tech. Honda currently supplies hybrid powertrains—mandatory in F1 since 2014, and referred to as "power units" in.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

At the 10 th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition, Honda announced it was introducing the Insight and the Fit Hybrid to the China market, in addition to the CR-Z, which was launched in July. Honda also announced its plans to further expand its lineup of hybrid models in China.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Japanese automaker Honda has been in the hybrid game from the very start, releasing the quirky, two-seat Insight back in 1999. Since then, the company has sold a variety of other hybrid models, and currently offers four to U.S.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 18, 2014

The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid received very positive reviews when it was launched almost a year ago. Its EPA fuel-efficiency rating of 47 mpg combined approaches that of the 50-mpg Toyota Prius, but the Accord is a more conventional looking mid-size sedan--a plus for many buyers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Honda Motor Co. CEO, Takanobu Ito, outlined the product, technology and business developments and direction planned to drive Honda’s growth by fiscal year 2017; among these are a plan to introduce three hybrid systems, Ito said. Honda is also developing a new more powerful two-motor hybrid system for mid-size vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2015

Due in part to Honda’s ability to advance fuel economy through conventional engine technology, the Civic lineup will no longer include a hybrid or a natural gas model, according to John Mendel, Executive Vice President, Automobile Division American Honda Motor Co., Honda currently is selling the MY 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Honda was the second carmaker in the world to launch a line of hybrid vehicles, though its compact and subcompact mild hybrids have long been overshadowed by Toyota's dominant Prius models. Early next year, a new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid--and equally significant, a 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid--will put Honda.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2013

The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co. will launch the new Accord hybrid sedan in Japan in June offering fuel economy of 29 km/l (68 mpg US, 3.4 The new Accord hybrid will feature Honda’s two-motor hybrid drive system which will also be applied in the 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The three Honda SPORT HYBRID systems. Honda Motor Co., has developed a new lightweight and compact one-motor hybrid system optimized for small-sized vehicles: the Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive system. Click to enlarge. CEO Takanobu Ito in September. Earlier post.). One-motor Intelligent Dual Clutch Drive.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Honda announced that the upcoming Clarity Fuel Cell ( earlier post ) will be joined by two additional electrified variants, the Clarity Electric and Clarity Plug-in Hybrid, launching in the US in 2017. In addition to the Clarity series, a reengineered 2017 Accord Hybrid will go on-sale this spring. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Honda's 2014 Accord Plug-In Hybrid has become the first vehicle to meet California's latest new emissions standard. The plug-in Accord's per-mile output of only 20 milligrams of smog-forming emissions allows it to meet the California Air Resources Board's new SULEV20 standards.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2013

Honda has announced its next hybrid, the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid, will be built at its Marysville, Ohio plant in the U.S. The Japanese carmaker is investing $23 million at the plant and hiring 50 new employees, ready for production of the two-motor hybrid before it goes on sale this fall.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar has introduced a 2014 Honda Fit battery electric vehicle (EV) at The University of California, Davis’ (UC Davis) West Village , the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. Honda’s 2014 Fit EV, based on the popular five-passenger Fit, is rated at a combined fuel economy of 118 MPGe.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2024

During the General Motors (GM) 2023 earnings call held this week, CEO Mary Barra said the company will be bringing plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to North America—despite still being committed to going all-electric by 2035. Previously, GM also sold the Chevy Volt PHEV from 2010 to 2019, as well as the Cadillac ELR from 2014 to 2016.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 3, 2013

With two dozen hybrid models now on the market, and several mass-market plug-in hybrids as well, weighing costs and benefits can get a lot more complicated.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 29, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The Tesla Model S wins the wind-tunnel war, Mercedes-Benz will introduce three plug-in hybrids by the end of 2015, and our video road test of the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

With two weeks to go until the opening of the Beijing International Auto Show, Hond Motor (China) Investment outlined its mid-term business strategy for China, covering both the Honda and Acura brands. Within this year, Honda will introduce three hybrid models to the China market. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 20, 2013

The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid, a mid-size sedan that competes with hybrid models of the Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, and Toyota Camry, will go on sale in October, its maker said today.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2014

Ask Honda fans what''s wrong with the CR-Z hybrid coupe, and they''ll give you one of two answers. Those who seek economy will tell you it''s not frugal enough. Those after performance will tell you it isn''t fast enough.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Last week, Honda released the specs and photos for its 2014 Accord Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid. Like the Ford C-Max Hybrid, it offers new and strong competition for a model of the well-established Toyota Prius--in this case, the new-for-2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid. The 2014. The short answer?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Honda will showcase the upcoming Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD at the LA Auto Show later this month. The RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD combines a 3.5-liter A concept combination of the RLX and Acura Sport Hybrid SH-AWD powertrain was unveiled as the RLX concept at the New York International Auto Show in 2012, earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The official EPA-rated gas mileage figures for the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid are in, and they’re pretty much in line with those released by the automaker back in June.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Honda has finished revamping the compact Civic compact lineup with the relaunch of its two greenest models. The refreshed 2014 Honda Civic Hybrid sedan goes on sale today with slightly higher fuel-economy ratings, while the 2014 Civic Natural Gas hits showrooms in 10 days.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2017

The 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid mid-size sedan returned last year, ending a one-year hiatus for the model. The new version uses an updated version of the two-motor hybrid powertrain fitted to earlier hybrid Accords, which were sold as 2014 and 2015 models.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Honda Civic is a renowned gas-sipper in the compact car market and the latest iteration of the hybrid model is no exception. For 2015, the Civic Hybrid continues the 2014 car''s gas mileage of 45 mpg combined (44 mpg city, 47 mpg highway), itself an improvement on the 2013 model''s 44 mpg all-round.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

introduced four new 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrids to Zipcar’s Boston fleet, as well as plug-in stations and priority parking for Zipcars and other hybrid vehicles at the Boston Common Garage. In addition, the BCG is branding priority parking spots for hybrids near each of the garage’s four entrances to Boston Common.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 9, 2014

It''s been an uncertain year for the Honda CR-Z two-seat hybrid coupe. The CR-Z was discontinued in Europe back in February, leading to speculation that the slow-selling hybrid would be pulled from the U.S. as well, especially once Honda decided to stop selling the Insight here after the 2014 model year.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2017

Over its sporadic three-year model life, the hybrid version of the Honda Accord mid-size sedan has led a peripatetic life. The 2014 and 2015 Accord Hybrid was built in Marysville, Ohio, along with almost all the rest of the Accords sold in North America, its largest market.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Between 1 October 2013 and 30 September 2014, Nissan transferred out 663.6 million vehicles including: more than 500 fuel cell vehicles; 38,000 battery electric vehicles; 29,300 neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs); 30,000 plug-in hybrids; 570,000 hybrids; and 3 million gasoline vehicles. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Poor Honda. And as a hybrid, it isn''t economical enough. The 2014 Honda CR-Z HPD fixes one of those abilities, but it probably.' It launches the CR-Z, perhaps hoping to rekindle the spirit of the much-beloved 1980s CR-X lines, but when the car is released it doesn''t really please anyone.

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