article thumbnail

Honda establishes Marine Science Foundation

Green Car Congress

Inspired by the Japanese concept of sato-umi —the convergence of land and sea where human and marine life can harmoniously coexist—Honda has established the Honda Marine Science Foundation , a new initiative to address marine ecosystem restoration and the impact of humans and climate change on oceans and intertidal areas.

Mariner 150
article thumbnail

Honda Fans Can Visit the Automaker's New Museum at Its California HQ

The Truth About Cars

Believe it or not, Honda’s been around in the U.S. for decades, and to Celebrate, the automaker opened the American Honda Collection Hall to show some of its most iconic models.& 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.&

Honda 115
article thumbnail

Gulf MARINE fuel with isobutanol meets new biofuel recommendations from National Marine Manufacturers Association

Green Car Congress

Gulf Racing Fuels announced that its Gulf MARINE biofuel with isobutanol ( earlier post ) is one of the first fuels on the market to comply with the recent biofuel recommendations issued last week by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC). Earlier post.). ratio to gasoline.

Mariner 150
article thumbnail

Gevo supplies US Coast Guard with isobutanol-blended gasoline for testing in marine applications

Green Car Congress

The US Coast Guard R&D Center is using the Gevo-blended fuel as part of a 12-month, long-term operational study on marine engines that began during June. The US Coast Guard completed a 3-month round of testing in Florida earlier this year under the CRADA with Honda engines running on fuel supplied by Gevo which contained 16.1%

Mariner 236
article thumbnail

Honda joins Toyota’s hydrogen engine push

Baua Electric

TOKYO — The Toyota-led push to plug hydrogen combustion as a trail to carbon neutrality has won backing from opponents equivalent to Honda and Suzuki as a gaggle of Eastern minicar and bike makers settingup a unutilized national aim to advertise the era. Honda Motor Co. Now Honda appears to be converting its track.

Honda 52
article thumbnail

Toyota and Ford See Hybrid Gains in March, While Honda Hybrids Drop

Green Car Congress

Honda, however, reported a decrease in hybrid sales of 22.2% on a volume basis; Ford saw its sales jump 42.7%; and Honda reported an increase of 22.5%. Ford posted 1,266 units of the Escape and Mariner crossover hybrids, down 6.3% Sales of the Honda Civic Hybrid dropped 79.8% from March 2009. year-on-year to 2,231 units.

LS 600H 186
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Ford launched the Escape Hybrid as a 2005 model (its Mercury Mariner and Mazda Tribute siblings showed up a bit later), so The General had some catching up to do in the green-car department.

VUE 104