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Flash Drive: 2024 Acura ZDX Type S

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The Fastest Acura SUV Ever Built The all-new 2024 ZDX is the first electric Acura and, as Quincy Tam, Acura product planner, says, it is “for their customers that are ready to take that next step into electrification.” GM underneath, but Acura throughout The ZDX comes in a base A-Spec and a performance model called Type S.

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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 plans to introduce these models to the North American market as model year 2024 vehicles, one from Honda brand and the other from the Acura brand. Advanced Battery Technology. Fuel Cell Technology. Honda and GM are jointly developing two large-sized EV models using GM’s Ultium batteries.

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Toyota joins US public EV charging network IONNA – Charged EVs

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As regular Charged readers know, Toyota’s electrification strategy blows hot and cold—in Q2 2024, its EV share of total US brand sales was abysmal —below 2%, lower than any other major automaker save fellow laggard Honda/Acura. We are excited to announce our support of IONNA to deploy DC fast chargers throughout the U.S.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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Sacrificing much, GM spent billions and billions of 1980s dollars on technology and engineering entities at the behest of CEO Roger Smith, who wanted to transform The General into a company more resembling a conglomerate like GE. Acura followed with hard drive navigation in the 1996 3.5 to have a complete set of Guidestar maps.

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Honda begins 2015 Fit production at new plant in Mexico; plant designed exclusively for subcompacts

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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. LED lighting was installed throughout the plant and vehicle yard to reduce energy usage. The Celaya Auto Plant is Honda de Mexico’s second auto plant.

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Study: Collision Avoidance Technology Continues to Struggle

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Though the industry has been moving in the direction of standardizing frontal crash avoidance and similar technologies for nearly a decade and insurance agencies seem eager to see them broadly implemented. But these, again, come from government-auto-industry-related partnerships and insurance agencies.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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Among these is a $210-million investment in a new, more environmentally responsible auto-body painting facility and innovative paint process at its Marysville, Ohio auto plant (MAP), the largest of Honda’s eight auto plants in North America. To expand the involvement of US Honda and Acura dealers in its “Green Dealer” program.

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