Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

At WCX18: SAE World Congress Experience earlier this month, ArcelorMittal and Honda unveiled the world’s first outer and inner door ring system to better balance strength and performance while removing additional weight from the vehicle. The partners co-engineered the system for the 2019 Acura RDX.

Acura 170

Acura Honda 2019 Minivan 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2017

This new goal builds upon earlier-announced plans for Honda and Acura vehicles to have highly-automated freeway driving capability (SAE Level 3) by 2020. Honda Sensing was first introduced on the 2015 Honda CR-V and has since been applied to the Honda Civic, Pilot SUV, Ridgeline pickup and just-launched 2018 Odyssey minivan.

Honda 186

Honda Acura 2020 Minivan 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The Model X SUV remained “Much-Worse-Than-Average” for reliability, with ongoing problems including the falcon-wing doors and center display screen. The Grand Cherokee and Renegade improve to “Average,” while the Cherokee and Compass SUVs have “Below-Average” reliability. Jeep has mixed results, falling two spots to 22.

Dodge 207

Dodge Chrysler Yukon Buick 207