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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

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Making the volume leader of our core models hybrid-electric will dramatically boost electrified sales in the Honda lineup, a strategy that will be augmented by the arrival of a Civic Hybrid in the future. —Mamadou Diallo, vice president of Auto Sales at American Honda Motor.

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US Hybrid Sales in March 2009 Down 44% Year-on-Year; Monthly New Vehicle Market Share of 2.5%

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US sales of hybrids in March 2009 as reported by the automakers dropped 44% by volume year-on-year to 21,433 units; that performance was worse than the total light duty vehicle market, which posted a 36.8% new vehicle market share for hybrids in March—down from 2.82% in March 2008, but the highest mark so far in 2009.

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ACEEE ranks i-MiEV as “Greenest” car in US, Civic Natural Gas ties for second with LEAF

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Mitsubishi’s i-MIEV battery electric vehicle took the top spot from the Honda Civic Natural Gas on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 14 th annual environmental ranking. Honda Civic Natural Gas. Honda Insight. The natural gas Civic had held first place for 8 years running. 4, auto [CNG].

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US Hybrid Sales Down 45.5% in April

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Reported sales of hybrids in the US reported by Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan dropped 45.5% year-on-year in April to 21,735, despite full month sales for the new Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan hybrids. new vehicle market share. Hybrid monthly new vehicle market share. Earlier post.). of VUE sales.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Clean Fleet Report

The ubiquitous SUV, crossover or truck have become the belle of the ball, getting all the attention while the poor four-door sedan is like the kid that gets picked last for the baseball team. Is the Sonata Hybrid enticing enough to sway you from a SUV or crossover? Road Test: 2020 Honda Insight. A case for sedans.

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Final Test: 2021 Mazda6 Carbon Edition

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As noted in the opening, the Mazda6 is going away partly due to consumers wanting pickup trucks, crossovers and SUVs, and also that the Mazda6, and the Mazda brand, are not on enough shopping lists when people are considering a new car. Road Test: 2020 Volkswagen Passat (also leaving the market after 2021).

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