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Road Test: 2022 Acura RDX SH-AWD A-Spec Advance

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The Acura RDX has been one of the best-selling compact premium SUVs since 2006, and has sold more than 50,000 every year since 2015. With this success you had better bet folks at Acura were careful when doing a light restyle for the 2022 RDX, with a refresh of the exterior, interior and suspension plus added standard technology.

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Honda’s Indiana plant to boost production capacity; add Civic Hybrid

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Indiana was the first Honda plant in North America to build a hybrid vehicle when it started Acura ILX Hybrid production in April. HMIN produces the Civic Sedan and the Civic Natural Gas on the same assembly line with the Acura ILX. million vehicles per year. Additionally, Honda’s capacity in the region will total 1.92

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Honda opens CNG fueling station on Marysville campus; 1st public CNG fueling station located on Honda property in North America

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Honda opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its property in Marysville, Ohio. The use of CNG as an alternative fuel allows us to do that. 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.

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Honda Begins Production of Civic GX Natural Gas Vehicles at Indiana Plant

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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. It is the only natural gas powered passenger car available for sale in all 50 states, and is eligible for a $4,000 federal tax credit as a qualified alternative fuel vehicle.

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Honda CEO: Honda Studying Battery Electric Commuter Car, But Holds Fuel Cell Vehicle as the Ultimate Eco-car

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Further, Honda is unique in making long-term investments to develop the refueling infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles. This compact system was designed for daily home refueling of a fuel cell electric vehicle. He was working in Ohio 10 years ago on the development of the first-generation Acura MDX.