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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

Green Car Congress

Greater fuel efficiency, along with the use of cleaner fuels, can help mitigate these impacts, although increases in the numbers of cars and the distances driven threaten to overwhelm fuel economy advances. South Korea has improved its fuel economy by one third since 2003. mpg US) for 2020.

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Honda Clarity Fuel Cell EPA-rated with 366-mile range; longest of any ZEV

Green Car Congress

The first production fuel cell vehicle, introduced to the US and Japan (December 2002). The first fuel cell vehicle to start and operate in sub-freezing temperatures (2003). The first fuel cell vehicle leased to an individual customer (July 2005).

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EcoMotors Names Donald Runkle CEO; Power Density as the Holy Grail

Green Car Congress

Until mid-2005, Runkle was Vice Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Delphi Corporation, where he was the senior executive responsible for deploying lean principles and integrating engineering, manufacturing and purchasing, and for leading major international customer accounts. —Don Runkle.

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News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

The first Honda hydrogen vehicle–the FCX EV Plus 1997-99 Insight Hatchback Hybrid 1999-2006 Civic Hybrid 2003-* (offered intermittently in various generations of Civics starting with the 7 th generation in 2003; note: An all-new Civic Hybrid will be released in 2025.)

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I See our frequent comments at our news archive. Red Herring ).

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