Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2012

Remember the Acura NSX Concept from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show? Of course you do--it's one of the most striking concept cars in years, and its hybrid system is a statement of intent that performance and parsimony can go hand-in-hand. That same drivetrain will now feature in the 2013 Acural RL, reports Automotive News.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The 2013 Acura ILX will be the company's first entry into the compact sedan market since the Integra, but of most interest to GreenCarReports readers is the hybrid version.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2014

Honda announced that while the US model Insight will be available at dealerships in the US through the end of the year, production of the hybrid will end in summer 2014. The Insight, introduced in 2009, had posted steadily decreasing sales, from a high of 20,962 units in 2010 down to 4,802 units in 2013. Data: Honda. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2012

Since the demise of the well-loved Integra compact many years ago, Acura has had no compact four-door sedan. That's about to change, with the arrival of a production car based on the 2013 Acura ILX Concept shown today at the Detroit Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

With two weeks to go until the opening of the Beijing International Auto Show, Hond Motor (China) Investment outlined its mid-term business strategy for China, covering both the Honda and Acura brands. Within this year, Honda will introduce three hybrid models to the China market. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2012

Acura's hybrid replacement for the NSX might be getting all the headlines, but the ILX compact sports sedan arguably has a tougher job to do. The ILX concept, as we previewed yesterday, is an all-new Acura compact sedan due for launch in Spring 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

will invest $23 million at its Marysville, Ohio auto plant to add production of the new two-motor Accord Hybrid Sedan ( earlier post ), scheduled to go on sale nationwide this fall. This will be the third hybrid model built by Honda in the US and the first in Ohio. Honda of America Mfg., liter 4-cylinder engine or a 3.5-liter

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Acura is debuting three new models at the upcoming 2012 Detroit Auto Show, including a concept vehicle that shows the styling for the next NSX sports car, a second-generation RDX crossover concept and the all new Acura ILX sedan concept.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

CEO, Takanobu Ito, outlined the product, technology and business developments and direction planned to drive Honda’s growth by fiscal year 2017; among these are a plan to introduce three hybrid systems, Ito said. Honda is also developing a new more powerful two-motor hybrid system for mid-size vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2013

It’s not quite the production version of the new NSX that we were hoping for, but the updated concept car presented at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show today does give us a much better idea as to what the production version, due sometime in the next couple of years, will be like.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2012

The North American International Auto Show was the setting for Acura to debut three new vehicles – including two with hybrid powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Honda will adopt this technology first to the North American version of the all-new Acura RLX, which will go on sale in the United States in March 2013, and will expand application sequentially to other models. Honda Motor Co., Honda has been making a number of efforts to further reduce vehicle weight. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2012

Okay, so an electric van isn't as exciting as a hybrid supercar like the Acura NSX concept, or even a fuel-efficient, sporty compact like the 2013 Dodge Dart - but it's still an important vehicle. That's because the regular Nissan NV200 is soon to be servicing New York City as the official replacement for the trusty Crown Vic.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

In 2013, more than 90% of the Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the US were produced in North America; this is expected to exceed 95% when the Celaya plant reaches full capacity. The start-up of the Celaya Plant increases Honda’s annual automobile production capacity in North America to approximately 1.92 million units.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

However, unlike today’s hybrid drive Le Mans racers, or the new Acura NSX hybrid supercar, also revealed at NAIAS ( earlier post ), the GT—nor any of the other Ford performance vehicles unveiled at NAIAS—makes no use of electric drive technology. Ford has been selling hybrids and, later plug-ins, since 2004.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A disappointing compliance car, the Ford Focus EV, languished while plug-in hybrid versions of the midsize Fusion and small crossover C-Max sold relatively well, until Ford came up with a real plan. BMW charged into the electric car space with two strong, if quirky, contenders—the hot-selling i3 and the i8 plug-in hybrid supercar.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

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.) Two (or is it three?) kg of hydrogen).

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