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

Green Car Congress

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. emissions from combustion of fuel oil at factories, emissions from corporate vehicles, etc.). Honda Motor Co., Description.

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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

Green Car Congress

Honda has been collecting and recycling bumpers that were removed from the vehicle as a raw material, selling functional used parts as reusable parts, recycling and reselling used oil filters, etc. Motorcycles. Global average of the amount of CO 2 emitted by Honda products. 2020 Targets (vs. FY ended 31 Mar 2001). 31 Mar 2001).

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Japan Automakers Support B5, E10 as Baseline Biofuel Blends, Recommend Specifications to ASEAN Countries

Green Car Congress

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc (JAMA), a nonprofit industry association comprising fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in Japan, recently issued position statements on and recommended specifications for bioethanol and biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester, FAME).

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

The electric motorcycle scene has disappointed. For example, there is no news from Tork motorcycles. We expect the Indian EV Industry to increase their localization efforts in 2021 with stricter rules in FAME 3 guidelines. We know people who are yet to receive their electric motorcycle having booked it in early 2020.

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Rajiv Bajaj's Chetak has a New Factory & Sad State of Auto Media

Plug In India

Essentially Bajaj are artificially keeping Chetak production numbers low thus raising less awareness of EV’s so that he can delay the EV movement, which in turn ensures his ICE motorcycle business is not affected. Also there are talks to create more stringent guidelines with cells, BMS in the coming future.

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