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12 things to know about next-gen Honda EVs arriving in 2026

Baua Electric

Last week at CES in Las Vegas, Honda provided a first look at future EV models planned for 2026 with the Saloon and Space-Hub concepts. Honda also said they’ll be connected yet fun-to-drive, offer a not-yet-detailed Motion Management System for ride and handling, emphasize efficiency, and have lightweight, energy-dense battery packs.

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Honda e goes full thicc boi with touring car widebody kit (lots of pictures)

Electrek

The guys at UK-based Old School Engineering have been working on their touring car-inspired, carbon fiber, widebody Honda e hot hatch for months. Meet the Red Bull Racing Honda e – will this be the car that sets off a second wave of tuner Hondas?

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Enter BMW — with Carbon Fiber

Revenge of the Electric Car

BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. First, the raw feedstock to make carbon fibers–just call it a “polacrylonitrile-based precursor&# –is made in Japan by a joint venture between SGL and Mitsubishi Rayon and flown to the U.S. April 7th, 2010. By John Voelcker Senior Editor.

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Consortium Develops Automotive Carbon Fiber Material as Easy to Process as Metal

Green Car Congress

has developed a new automotive carbon fiber material that is as easy to process as metal. and Honda Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. The material, which is made from carbon fiber and a plastic that becomes shapeable with heat, took just two minutes to mold in trials. and Mitsubishi Rayon Co. ( Nissan Motor Co.

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BMW i7 review, Honda Accord Hybrid, Audi Q8 E-Tron, Volvo EX90: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which 1,000-mile EV is getting carbon-fiber composite bodywork? Which automaker balks at the idea of building U.S. EVs because it can’t compete with fast-food wages? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 11, 2022.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

Green Car Congress

The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.;

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Second Tesla Road Trip, Honda Hybrids, BMW i3 Repairs: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: We run down what happened on a second Tesla Model S road trip, BMW i3 repairs may not be as pricey as feared, and we tell you all about Honda''s hybrids. It may have a body of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP), but the 2014 BMW i3 may be cheaper to repair (and hence to insure).'

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