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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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It sells those engines in a variety of containers, from home generators and lawn mowers to ATVs and automobiles. The secret to this remarkable debut lies in a deal announced back in 2020 between Honda and General Motors. Finally, the Prologue offers both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard. Is it really a Honda?

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China Auto Ownership Expected to Exceed 200M in 2020

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Estimated automobile ownership in China will exceed 200 million by 2020, causing serious energy security and environmental issues, according to Wang Fuchang, director of the Department of Equipment Industry under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. People’s Daily.

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. By 2020, average passenger car fuel consumption is to drop to 5.0 L/100km (52.3

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Report: Honda targeting 80% growth in global auto sales by 2020 with focus on emerging markets

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is seeking to increase annual worldwide automobile sales by 80% over the next decade from the estimated 3.61 million in 2020. Having focused mainly on Japan, the US and Europe, the company controls only 3-5% of the automobile markets in emerging nations, excluding those in Southeast Asia. The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co.

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Motherson Group collaborating with UBQ to bring carbon-negative thermoplastics into auto parts

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The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. In February 2020, UBQ Materials embarked on its first partnership in the automotive industry with Daimler ( earlier post ).

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Honda begins operation of 1st wind farm by an automaker in Brazil; covering electricity needs for annual local auto production

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Honda Energy built its wind farm, an investment of approximately 100 million Brazilian reais (approximately US$40 million), 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 auto production plant in Sumaré, São Paulo).

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Johnson Controls to unveil micro hybrid lead-acid/Li-ion battery demonstration module at North American International Auto Show

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will introduce a 48V Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module as part of its full spectrum of advanced energy storage solutions for automobiles at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Johnson Controls, Inc. —Alex Molinaroli, president, Johnson Controls Power Solutions.

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