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Honda discloses estimates of annual greenhouse gas emissions related to its operations and customer use of products

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Honda GHG emissions by Scope. Honda Motor Co., disclosed estimates of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to Honda including emissions from Honda’s global business operations and customer use of Honda motorcycles, automobiles and power products. Overall GHG emissions from Honda and Honda products.

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Honda to begin reuse of rare earth metals extracted from used NiMH batteries before year end; targeting extraction from motors and Li-ion batteries as well

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Flow of the reuse of rare earth metals Honda is striving to achieve. Honda Motor Co., Honda will pursue the recycling of precious resources by reusing extracted rare earth metals not only for nickel-metal hydride batteries, but also for use in a wide range of parts. Global average of the amount of CO 2 emitted by Honda products.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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Under the emerging J2954 guidelines, communications for wireless charging will use DSRC. The SAE Taskforce on wireless charging and positioning of electric vehicles (SAE J2954) ( earlier post ) is progressing, and is slated to have a final draft of the guideline this year, according to the Society of Automotive Engineers, International (SAE).

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Honda under-reported to NHTSA 1,729 instances of injury or death over last decade

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Once Honda received preliminary findings from the third-party audit, it requested a meeting with NHTSA, and on 17 October 2014 briefed NHTSA on the matter. On November 3, 2014, NHTSA issued a Special Order to Honda requesting information related to Honda''s EWRs, and Honda submitted responsive information to NHTSA on November 24, 2014.

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14 global automakers reach agreement on standards for suppliers on key responsibility issues

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Ford; GM; Honda; Jaguar/Land Rover; PSA Peugeot Citroen; Scania; Toyota; Volkswagen; Volvo Cars; and Volvo Group. The following guidelines clearly describe our expectations towards business ethics, working conditions, human rights, and environmental performance, for our suppliers as well as their subcontractors and suppliers.

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SAE International publishes new J2954 wireless charging standard

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SAE International has published the first global standard that specifies, in a single document, both the electric vehicle and supply equipment (EVSE) ground-system requirements for wireless charging of electric vehicles (EV). Thereafter, vehicle systems were to be tested.

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SAE World Congress technical track on advances in fuel cell vehicle applications

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The PFL 799 panel, an annual wrap-up after the technical sessions, this year features: Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda. Stephen Ellis (Honda), Chair H 2 USA Roadmap Workgroup. Hydrogen Fueling Station and FCEV Fueling Process Safety Guideline: ISO TR 19880-1” Jesse Schneider, BMW.

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