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Study finds that increased vehicle travel and decreased occupancy have undercut the impact of improving fuel economy over last 40 years

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Because changes in fuel economy take a long time to percolate through the entire fleet, an 18% reduction in fuel used by vehicles purchased in a given year (due to a 20% improvement in their fuel economy) would result in only about a 1% reduction of the fuel used by the entire fleet.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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Honda is working on high-capacity batteries capable of 15-minute charging with a 240 km range for release in 2022 models. The growth of ZEVs represents a potential drain on motor vehicle fuel taxes, which could affect state transportation revenue. Tesla’s Superchargers can recharge EVs to 80% in 20 to 40 minutes.

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Vaillant and Honda present home combined heat and power system for Europe

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Vaillant, the heating and ventilation specialist, and Honda presented a new micro-combined heat and power (mCHP) system for Europe. Aside from a Honda mCHP module and a heat recovery module, the system also consists of a 300-liter multi-function storage cylinder and a wall-hung gas-fired condensing boiler for peak loads and system controls.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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’“ This is one of the reason Honda reintroduced the Insight, they wanted the Insight to be a unique body style rather than a powertrain option on a Civic. In the short term, he believes OEMs need to boost their warranty support for hybrids; there needs to be some kind of a floor on resale value and fuel pricing (i.e.

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