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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

Green Car Congress

Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. In the Civic Tourer, the 1.6

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

Lithuania / 170 / 177 / 21. Honda / 6 / 154. Great Britain / 158 / 165 / 16. Luxembourg / 160 / 166 / 18. Greece / 161 / 165 / 17. Finland / 163 / 165 / 22. Germany / 165 / 169 / 19. Cyprus / 166 / 170 / 20. Sweden / 174 / 181 / 23. Estonia / 177 / 182 / 24. Latvia / 181 / 183. Car makers – Ranking by average CO2 in 2008.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

And EV straggler Honda shed a bit more light on its upcoming EVs built on GM’s Ultium battery and powertrain platform. Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura. Honda will offer more details later this year, he said.

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