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Honda Fans Can Visit the Automaker's New Museum at Its California HQ

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Its headquarters in Torrance, CA, is joined by a manufacturing facility in Ohio, and the company is gearing up to release new American-market EVs in the coming years.& 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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Honda to focus on increasing hybrid volume with core models: CR-V, Accord and in the future, Civic; Insight production ends in June

Green Car Congress

As the next step in Honda’s electrification strategy in North America, the company will focus on increasing hybrid volume of core models: CR-V, Accord and, in the future, Civic. To make room for these moves, Honda will conclude Insight production in June.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I Steiner designed the prototype himself, basing it on the 1908 model, and then engaged the Chinese manufacturer.

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Honda demonstrating car and motorcycle V2X communication at ITS World Congress 2012

Green Car Congress

The comfort area will showcase the Honda Internavi LINC and HondaLink for real-time traffic updates and infotainment linked to a smart phone app in cars. Honda joined the Car2Car Communication Consortium in Europe in 2005, working in particular on the integration of the motorcycle into the future of connected vehicles. Driving Demo.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I Steiner designed the prototype himself, basing it on the 1908 model, and then engaged the Chinese manufacturer.

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Honda to increase green car output

Green Cars News

Demand is so high for green cars after government incentives were introduced in Japan, that the Honda Motor Company, the country’s number two car manufacturer, has said it will start partial weekend shifts at two factories in a bid to push low emission vehicles off the production line.

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Can Toyota really claim to be green? The Green Piece

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It was a clear winner in our poll to determine the ‘Green Car Manufacturer of the Year’ in 2008 – but 2009 has been much more difficult for Toyota. The Prius came under fire in The Washington Post , which openly questioned its manufacturing process as explained in our article ‘ Could the Prius be harmful to the environment? ’.

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