The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 18, 2024

Looking ahead to the 2024 calendar year, Honda has laid out some of its plans for the forthcoming 12 months. Let’s start with that model, a trim which is sure to pad sales numbers in Honda showrooms as it continues its long-running battle with the Toyota Corolla, a car which has been offering hybrid power for some spell.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

The Honda Pilot has always been a family-friendly SUV with plenty of room, but the automaker has been pushing it toward more rugged styling and an adventurous personality in recent years. Honda left the Pilot’s powertrain alone, so the 3.5-liter Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Believe it or not, Honda’s been around in the U.S. for decades, and to Celebrate, the automaker opened the American Honda Collection Hall to show some of its most iconic models.& Visitors will also see the 1997 CR-V, Honda’s first in-house SUV, and a 2006 Honda Insight, the country’s first mass-produced hybrid car.&

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Photo credit: The Bold Bureau / Shutterstock.com A large-scale recall has been announced by American Honda Motor Co. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. The recall is filed under Honda's internal codes XHP and VHQ. for various models due to a critical flaw in the air bag system.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Appealing to customers who’d like a dose of electrons with their new Civic – or, perhaps more likely, appeasing dealers whining about the existence of a Corolla Hybrid, the crew at Honda is rolling out an electrified variant of the popular Civic next year. & [Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC insider. Both those plants are in Ohio.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Honda is gearing up to release its first mass-market EV in the U.S. Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe said, “After studying this for a year, we decided that this would be difficult as a business, so at the moment we are ending development of an affordable EV. GM and Honda will search for a solution separately.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new boss is the same as the old boss for 2024, with Honda gifting only the slightest of changes to the rig overall. Honda says this model has a suspension tuned for off-roading thanks to increased wheel articulation and improved ride quality on the trails. Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

At this year’s Japan Mobility Show (yes, it – like many other auto shows – has changed its name to include that irritating catch-all word), Honda president Toshihiro Mibe rolled out a two-door coupe called the Prelude. Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider. Score one for the gearheads.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

Honda leaned on General Motors to help get its EV program off the ground here in the U.S., Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider. and it appears that the partnership is paying off in other ways. Acura’s upcoming ZDX EV shares much of its engineering with the Prologue, including the General Motors bones.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Last month, we reported that Honda and Acura would join Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS). company committed to Tesla’s standard early on, so it wasn’t a surprising development that Honda would follow suit. Image: Honda] Become a TTAC insider. General Motors said it would make the transition to NACS in 2024.&

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

Honda and Acura leaned on General Motors’ Ultium technology to accelerate electric vehicle development, so it’s unsurprising to see the Japanese automakers following their American counterpart’s lead in some areas. Honda joins several other automakers in the transition to NACS, including Ford, Rivian, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Polestar.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 27, 2021

Honda Motor Company President Toshihiro Mibe’s first press conference, held April 23rd, was where he committed to solidifying Honda’s existing businesses. Honda is working to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and activities by 2050. Areas of concentration include carbon neutrality, clean energy, […].

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 20, 2023

When it comes to performance vehicles sporting front-wheel drive, the Honda Civic Type R is usually the model everyone looks to as the benchmark, and the eleventh generation seems to be no different. Love or hate the track, there’s a sense of prestige that comes along with having dominated it and Honda knows this better than most.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 9, 2024

Honda used CES 2024 to reveal a couple of purely conceptual automobiles and then announced that one of them would serve as the basis for its new EV line coming in 2026. But Honda said the production model should receive a novel drive-by-wire system called “motion-control management.” Images: Honda] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 27, 2023

Honda says their first volume electric vehicle, the Prologue, will play nicely with wireless Google built-in plus wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility. Honda will begin pre-sales for the Prologue this fall, ahead of a winter 2024 on-sale. Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 11, 2023

A handful of Honda models, and one from Acura, are under recall over a defect that could limit braking functionality. Impacted vehicles include the 2020-2021 Honda Civic, 2021-2023 Honda Passport, 2021-2022 Honda Pilot, 2020-2023 Honda Ridgeline, and 2020 Acura MDX.& Just be sure to have your VIN handy.&

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 13, 2023

Honda released an updated CR-V in 2023 with refined styling, a much-improved interior, and better tech. More changes are in store for 2024, as Honda plans to release a new hybrid Sport-L trim that slots in between the EX-L and Sport Touring trims.& & [Image: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 12, 2023

Honda raised the curtain for its second all-electric model for the European market this week. For example, rather than slapping an H on the tailgate, Honda opted to spell its name out in a font it seems to be receiving for EVs. Images: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 6, 2021

Two Honda battery-electric crossovers will be built by General Motors in the next four years. A Honda will be built at a GM plant in Mexico, and an Acura alongside the Cadillac Lyriq in Tennessee. The post GM to Build EV Crossovers for Honda, Acura appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Honda has sent us a brief on its hopes and plans for the near future. Honda also says it's continuing to aim to reach a goal of a 7 percent return on sales by fiscal year 2026. Honda also says it's continuing to aim to reach a goal of a 7 percent return on sales by fiscal year 2026. There's more.

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APRIL 26, 2023

But Honda is working on something that would bring the buffering inside the cabin.& & From CarBuzz : Honda specifically points to body regions like the tibia and elbow being affected in a discomforting manner. & Though the system also seems to be designed to help minimize injuries during a serious accident as well.&

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Following the Tesla Model 3 were the Honda CR-V and the Honda Civic, both of which saw 3,669,000 online searches. As noted by Hippo Leasing UK in a blog post , the Nissan Qashqai is very popular in the UK, so its place in the country’s online search rankings is unsurprising.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

“It’s starting to look like there will be a market for electric vehicles,” said Takanobu Ito, the chief executive of Honda, according to Reuters. “We Honda has long been the most adamant of the automakers, refusing to consider plug-in cars, even after building the well-received EV Plus to meet the California ZEV mandate in the 90s.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The Honda CR-V has an incredible record of global sales. The core of the vehicle’s popularity is its combination of efficiency, functionality, simple style, safety and legendary Honda quality. The 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid crossover retains the same basic design and features as its 2020 predecessor. By John Coulter, CURRENT EV CMO.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Other notable automakers such as Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, BMW, and Hyundai, among others, have also committed to NACS. In a blog post, Tesla noted that its charging connector, which is already being used in the company’s Superchargers in North America, is the best choice for EVs in the region.

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Plug In India

MARCH 10, 2022

My blog unearthed a lot of the inner workings on that vehicle. Do read my blog , where i talk about the same in greater detail. The traditional scooter players like TVS, Hero, Honda, Suzuki, Vespa have yet to launch electric scooters. I shall update this blog on how the scooter behaves in the coming months. Stay tuned.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The jump represents a 14 percent increase from the year before, and it lands the Tesla in seventh place on the list, behind the Chevy Equinox and ahead of the Honda Civic. While this is an important milestone for Tesla and EVs in general, the Model 3 is still surrounded by full-size trucks and many SUVs on the list.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 21, 2023

percent, and Honda landed at number three with 73.1 In terms of specific models that are the most American, Tesla’s catalog tops the list, but the Honda Passport is the first non-Tesla vehicle, landing at number 5. 4, Honda Odyssey, Acura MDX, Honda Ridgeline, and Acura RDX round out the top ten list.

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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.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 11, 2024

That fatal crash happened in Texas when the Ford crashed into a Honda CR-V that was sitting in traffic on Highway 10. The crash happened on March 3, when a Mustang Mach-E ran into two stationary cars on I95 in the city. The NTSB was already looking into another crash involving a Mach-E that happened in late February.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Most recently, a state dealer association created an ad asking Volkswagen Group and Sony Honda Mobility not to sell their upcoming EVs outside of the existing dealer network over concerns the new divisions could follow Tesla and Rivian in selling directly to buyers.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Nissan also detailed plans for partnerships with Mitsubishi and Honda, which will yield accelerated development of new powertrain tech. A dealer told Automotive News , “It’s a great move because we need a masculine kind of product. But it’s a populated segment for us with all of the configurations the Rogue already has.”

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 6, 2023

Honda and Acura haven’t yet released an EV in the United States, but that’s about to change. The automakers have partnered with General Motors, and Honda’s working with Sony on a separate car project. The fruits of the GM/Honda partnership are coming soon, as the Prologue EV will be Honda’s first in the U.S.,

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 25, 2024

The brand does not sell any hybrids here, putting it far behind its home country rivals, Honda and Toyota, in the U.S. Nissan only sells two EVs in the U.S. at the moment, one of which is set to be discontinued. Image: Nissan] Become a& TTAC insider.

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MARCH 1, 2024

The Honda Accord, Kia Niro Hybrid, and Mitsubishi Mirage made that list, followed by the Lexus ES 300h and Lexus NX 350h. The Lexus RZ300e EV and Mini Cooper SE EV were second and third behind the Prius Prime on top of the list of greenest vehicles. Image: GMC] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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JULY 21, 2023

& Accident reports stipulate a Honda Civic ended up colliding with a concrete barrier and was bounced to the other side of the four-lane interstate until it was stopped by barricades located in the median. Several vehicles had either slid off the road or into their fellow motorists.&

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MARCH 18, 2024

The Mach-E ran into a Honda CR-V stopped in a travel lane on Interstate 10, killing its driver, a 56-year-old man. Now, it’s Ford’s turn under the spotlight with its BlueCruise system. The NTSB said it wants to find out if the system was in use when a Mustang Mach-E was involved in a deadly crash in San Antonio, Texas.

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