article thumbnail

2014 Honda Accord Hybrid EPA-rated at 50 mpg city

Green Car Congress

Honda has begun US production of the 2014 Accord Hybrid ( earlier post ), which will carry an EPA fuel economy rating of 50 mpg (4.7 The EPA rating is 1 mpg higher than Honda had originally anticipated for the hybrid (49 mpg). The new Accord Hybrid also carries an EPA-rated highway fuel economy of 45 mpg (5.2 l/100 km).).

MPG 230
article thumbnail

First Drive: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV plugs a benchwarmer into the grid

Baua Electric

kg tank with 10,000-psi compressed hydrogen gas, set to take you an EPA-rated 241 miles. Honda explained that in conceiving the e:FCEV it borrowed as much as it can from the European-spec CR-V Plug-In Hybrid, including its thermally managed lithium-ion battery pack, its inverter, and its electric motor. Nowhere in sight.

Honda 40
article thumbnail

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." The biggest barrier is the battery." I think that our No.

Plug-in 45