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Honda CEO: Solid-state batteries may enable affordable small EV by 2030

Baua Electric

Whether the vehicle is luxury or affordable, the cost of the battery is the same,” said Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe, through a translator. Honda Saloon Concept – 2024 CES No Honda Accord EV or Civic EV in the near future Why don’t those head-turning concepts bear Honda’s big brand-equity names like Accord or Odyssey?

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Acura followed with hard drive navigation in the 1996 3.5 Oldsmobile’s advanced concepts manager Vic Ide (retired 1999) said he wanted the system’s price to be cut to under $1,000 ($1,988 adj.) Additionally, portable offerings like Garmin came to market and would continually undercut the cost of in-car navigation packages.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

Lexus, Infiniti and Acura are all promising EVs, but most of those don’t even have target introduction dates. There is also the stunning Precept concept that is slated to appear sometime in the future. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. In its cavalcade of concepts, VW also recently showed an entry-level model that appeared to be an electric reincarnation of the Beetle, but without its iconic shape.

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News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

Versus an electric car, the cost of fueling difference is substantial. The cost to charge an electric car with a 66 kWh battery, with a California average of 19.39¢ per kilowatt hour for electricity, would cost about $12 to drive 300 miles, which is a common all-electric range found on many EVs.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura. The X Prologue will be the first Toyota EV concept released outside China. Honda will offer more details later this year, he said. – March 12, via Associated Press.

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