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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Honda will showcase several of its latest developments in intelligent transportation technology at the 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit, 7-11 September. Honda also will highlight other latest advancements in “V2X” technologies, including vehicle-to-pedestrian/bicycle (V2P/B) and vehicle-to-motorcycle (V2M). Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 10, 2013

Honda Performance Development (HPD), the racing arm of American Honda Motor Co., is introducing a new turbocharged V6 engine to LMP1 endurance sports-car racing in 2014, to be followed in 2015 by a range of bespoke energy recovery systems (ERS), for FIA World Endurance Championship competition. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., GHAC), an automobile production and sales joint venture of Honda in China, plans to build a third production line within the property of the existing ZengCheng Plant. In the meantime, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., million units in 2014. billion RMB (approximately US$564 million).

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Does the all-new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid really get 50 miles per gallon? And does it drive as well as a regular four-cylinder Honda Accord? To cut right to the spoiler: yes and yes.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Honda is giving up its prestigious Formula 1 program to shift more resources into battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell tech. Honda currently supplies hybrid powertrains—mandatory in F1 since 2014, and referred to as "power units" in.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

The California Air Resources Board has approved the 2014 Honda Plug-in Hybrid Accord as the first car for sale in California that meets ARB’s LEV3/SULEV20 standard—the most stringent smog-emission standard to date. The 2014 Honda Plug-In Hybrid Accord produces only 20 milligrams of NMOG+NO x emissions per mile.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

For 2014, our fourth annual Green Car Reports'' Best Car To Buy award goes to the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. This new model of the redesigned Honda Accord sedan introduced last year is comfortable, quiet, stylish--and delivers real-world fuel economy from 40 mpg to as much as 52 mpg.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Automakers took the top four slots in the 50 Best Global Green Brands list for 2014, published by Fortune magazine in conjunction with the consulting firm Deloitte and Interbrand. Toyota came in second, followed by Honda and Nissan. 2014 gap score. Ford bumped last year’s leader, Toyota, to take the top spot. Volkswagen.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Honda Motor’s cumulative worldwide motorcycle production reached the 300 million-unit milestone in September 2014. A Gold Wing 40 th Anniversary Edition produced at Kumamoto Factory, Honda’s primary motorcycle production plant in Japan, became the 300 millionth motorcycle that Honda produced globally. 1949 Dream D.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

According to figures gathered by the US Department of Energy (DOE), cumulative US sales of fuel cell vehicles from June 2014 through September 2017 are 2,748 units, spread across three available models. US sales of the Hyundai Tucson, Toyota Mirai, and Honda Clarity from June 2014 to September 2017. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid has no transmission. To be more precise, there''s nothing in a form we''d normally recognize as a transmission—no conventional automatic transmission, no automated dual-clutch system, no belt-and-pulley continuously variable transmission (CVT) either.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Honda unveiled its “Urban SUV Concept” vehicle at the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The concept hints at the styling direction of an all-new small SUV slated to launch in Japan by the end of 2013, followed by the US market in 2014. Urban SUV Concept. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Honda has announced through its EV sales division that Fit EV production will end early, with production of the last of the 2014 Fit EVs this fall. Posted by a member of the Honda Fit EV Drivers Facebook group, Honda confirms that deliveries of the Fit EV will continue at around 40 units per month until early this fall.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar has introduced a 2014 Honda Fit battery electric vehicle (EV) at The University of California, Davis’ (UC Davis) West Village , the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. Honda’s 2014 Fit EV, based on the popular five-passenger Fit, is rated at a combined fuel economy of 118 MPGe.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

Honda de Mexico, S.A. HDM), Honda’s production and sales company in Mexico, will build an automobile plant for production of fuel-efficient subcompact vehicles for the Mexican and North American markets. Honda will invest approximately US$800 million to build the plant, which is scheduled to begin operation in 2014.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid received very positive reviews when it was launched almost a year ago. Its EPA fuel-efficiency rating of 47 mpg combined approaches that of the 50-mpg Toyota Prius, but the Accord is a more conventional looking mid-size sedan--a plus for many buyers.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Honda Motor Co., During the 2014 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, Honda will offer a sneak preview film of the F1 power unit under development, including the engine revving sound at the Honda stand at Suzuka Circuit (2-5 October 2014). Honda Formula 1 power unit. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 29, 2014

Honda was the first car company to sell a hybrid in the U.S. Its first two-seat Insight wasn''t close enough to the mainstream--and the first Honda Accord Hybrid in 2004 didn''t post gas-mileage numbers that were all that great. by a few months, but it hasn''t done nearly as well with its hybrids as Toyota has done with its Prius.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

After a preview earlier this year, the 2016 Honda HR-V was unveiled in final U.S.-spec spec form at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. Known as the Vezel in other markets, the HR-V is based on the Honda Fit and is set to rival the likes of the Nissan Juke in the burgeoning small-crossover segment.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Japanese automaker Honda has been in the hybrid game from the very start, releasing the quirky, two-seat Insight back in 1999. We''ve compiled reviews and articles for each Honda hybrid to bring you a full guide to the current range.' Since then, the company has sold a variety of other hybrid models, and currently offers four to U.S.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Honda's 2014 Accord Plug-In Hybrid has become the first vehicle to meet California's latest new emissions standard. The plug-in Accord's per-mile output of only 20 milligrams of smog-forming emissions allows it to meet the California Air Resources Board's new SULEV20 standards.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Once Honda received preliminary findings from the third-party audit, it requested a meeting with NHTSA, and on 17 October 2014 briefed NHTSA on the matter. On November 3, 2014, NHTSA issued a Special Order to Honda requesting information related to Honda''s EWRs, and Honda submitted responsive information to NHTSA on November 24, 2014.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Honda was the second carmaker in the world to launch a line of hybrid vehicles, though its compact and subcompact mild hybrids have long been overshadowed by Toyota's dominant Prius models. Early next year, a new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid--and equally significant, a 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid--will put Honda.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Honda Cars India Ltd. The diesel variants of the Honda Amaze, Honda City and Honda Mobilio have clocked more than 900 million (90 crore) km (560 million miles) cumulatively as per service data. First introduced in India in April 2013 with Honda Amaze, the 1.5L i-DTEC diesel engine in the country. mpg US, 3.9

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The Honda FCV Concept, Honda’s latest fuel-cell vehicle concept, made its world debut today in Japan. The Honda FCV Concept showcases the styling evolution of Honda’s fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in Japan by March of 2016, followed by the US and Europe. Honda FCV Concept. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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MAY 29, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The Tesla Model S wins the wind-tunnel war, Mercedes-Benz will introduce three plug-in hybrids by the end of 2015, and our video road test of the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

At the 10 th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition, Honda announced it was introducing the Insight and the Fit Hybrid to the China market, in addition to the CR-Z, which was launched in July. Honda also announced its plans to further expand its lineup of hybrid models in China.

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JUNE 20, 2013

The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid, a mid-size sedan that competes with hybrid models of the Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, and Toyota Camry, will go on sale in October, its maker said today.

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AUGUST 10, 2013

billion the amount Honda has invested in its North American operations in the last three years. Honda is investing approximately $180 million at the Honda of America Mfg., In addition, Honda has started construction on a new 160,000-square-foot building near its existing operations in Marysville. This will increase to 1.92

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AUGUST 19, 2013

2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Click to enlarge. Honda’s new 2-motor MY 2014 Accord Hybrid, built with the rest of the Accord lineup in a Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio, will go on sale in the US in October. Honda anticipates the new Accord Hybrid will obtain an EPA fuel economy rating of 49/45/47 mpg US (4.8,

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Seeking to expand California’s public hydrogen refueling station network as a means to support the wider introduction of fuel-cell vehicles, Honda will provide $13.8 Additional state grants, combined with the Honda financing, could enable FirstElement to add at least 12 stations to its California hydrogen network.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Honda has announced its next hybrid, the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid, will be built at its Marysville, Ohio plant in the U.S. It makes the Accord Hybrid the third Honda hybrid to be.

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MARCH 23, 2015

Honda is introducing new lease programs for both existing and prospective Fit EV customers in the US. The reduced lease price and matching two-year terms will also be available to new customers interested in driving a used Honda Fit EV. The company placed a total of 407 Fit EVs for the full year 2014.

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MAY 3, 2013

Honda de Mexico, S.A. HDM) plans to construct a new transmission plant in Celaya, near the city of Guanajuato, on the same site as the new automobile plant currently under construction that will begin production of the Honda Fit in Spring 2014. In 2012, Honda sold 54,000 units in Mexico (up 150.6%

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Honda has finished revamping the compact Civic compact lineup with the relaunch of its two greenest models. The refreshed 2014 Honda Civic Hybrid sedan goes on sale today with slightly higher fuel-economy ratings, while the 2014 Civic Natural Gas hits showrooms in 10 days.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Honda Energy do Brasil Ltda. Honda Energy), Honda’s wind power generation business subsidiary in Brazil, has started construction of a new wind farm in the city of Xangri-lá in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil (approximately 1,000 km south of Honda’s current automobile production plant in Sumaré, São Paulo).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Last week, Honda released the specs and photos for its 2014 Accord Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid. The 2014. Now, we can talk about what it's like on the road. The short answer?

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