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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda last week announced key targets for sales of electrified vehicles in North America, with a plan to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs) to represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040, progressing from sales of 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Honda SUV e:prototype shown at Shanghai 2021.

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Guest post: Honda Introduces the EV-Cub; two-wheel-drive electric motorcycle

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Honda isn’t a car company… it never really has been. When asked to define what kind of company Honda is, company representatives bill the multinational firm as an engineering company. And that’s exactly what the company has been focusing on lately in the world of motorcycles. And Honda is perfectly fine with this.

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Honda formalizes joint venture with LG Energy Solutions

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Honda and LG have announced a $3.5 As Honda’s automotive sales have shrunk dramatically over the past year, the company has begun to look at electric vehicles with renewed interest. The plant will have a production capacity of 40GWh, and Honda plans to finish construction in mid-2024, with full production slated for 2025.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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Honda Motor Co., On 15 December, Honda announced a similar Electric Vehicle Testing Program in the US, featuring the first public test drive of a Fit EV prototype and an Accord Sedan test vehicle outfitted with a new two-motor plug-in hybrid system. The Saitama program will focus on motorcycles, automobiles and power products.

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Why Do Japanese Automakers Like Hydrogen Power?

The Truth About Cars

Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Yamaha have just collectively promised to develop a slew of hydrogen-reliant engines designed to power small vehicles. While this is supposed to encompass construction equipment, small boats, airborne drones, and even motorcycles, the scheme doesn’t seem to focus on automobiles.

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UAI and EFC call EPA MOVES2014 emissions model treatment of ethanol “seriously flawed”; call for peer review

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MOVES2014 will be used to estimate air pollution emissions from cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buses in official State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions to EPA, the organizations note. EPA has advised states to use MOVES2014 in SIP development as expeditiously as possible. —Letter to EPA.

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Best EV To Own To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

My Energi

However, it scores highly on stealth; I mean its a motorcycle, you could drive this thing through a shopping mall and up an escalator to make quick escapes and to help you to travel the city reasonably undetected. Contender Number 3 – Honda E. Why is the Honda E in the mix i hear you ask?

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