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Honda to begin Jazz hybrid production in Malaysia; adding second production line

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Honda Malaysia Sdn. HMSB), a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in Malaysia, has begun construction of a second automobile production line at the existing auto plant in Malacca, Malaysia.

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Honda begins assembling Fit Hybrid in Thailand

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Honda Motor has begun assembling and marketing the subcompact Fit Hybrid (Jass Hybrid) in Thailand. The hybrid is assembled at Honda’s plant in Ayutthaya, using core components from Japan. Honda said it has sold about 150,000 units of the Fit and Jazz hybrid worldwide so far. It will be priced at 768,000 baht (US$24,328).

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Report: Honda to assemble Fit hybrids in Thailand

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The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co. The Fit Hybrid is Honda’s most popular hybrid, with some 86,000 units sold in 2011, mainly in Japan, the US and Europe. In Asia, Honda introduced the model in Malaysia in March. Currently, all Fit Hybrids are manufactured in Japan.

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Honda to bring Jazz Hybrid to Malaysia

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It is the largest market for hybrid cars in all of South East Asia: and now Malaysia will soon be welcoming a hybrid car production plant of its own. That’s because Honda has started to construct a second automobile production line at its plant in Malacca, Malaysia: this one will produce mostly small vehicles, including [.].

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Thailand’s EV industry growing rapidly

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The ASEAN member states are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Electric vehicle battery production is growing in Thailand, with manufacturing plants operated by SAIC, Honda, Toyota and a recently announced Mercedes production facility.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

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Honda Motor Co., Leveraging the features of its IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) hybrid system, Honda has been enhancing its hybrid vehicle lineup and currently sells eight hybrid models (three of them solely in Japan) in approximately 50 countries around the world. History of Honda’s Hybrid Models. mpg US, 2.86 Earlier post.).

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Hanwha and LG Energy to build battery production in US, targeting ESS and UAM

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Hanwha Momentum will seek to supply key battery manufacturing facilities for LGES, which is constructing joint battery factories with global automakers such as GM, Stellantis and Honda. Hanwha Solutions owns Qcells , a major global producer of solar cells with manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia, South Korea and the US.

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