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Honda Begins Production of Civic GX Natural Gas Vehicles at Indiana Plant

Green Car Congress

Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (HMIN) began production of the natural gas-powered 2009 Civic GX at its plant in Greensburg, Indiana. The Civic GX was formerly produced at Honda’s East Liberty, Ohio plant and has ten years of proven performance as a natural gas powered vehicle. 1—to maximize performance from natural gas fuel.

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

Clean Fleet Report

At the heart of the Capstone process are microturbines that burn liquid or compressed natural gas, a hydrogen blend with natural gas or 100% hydrogen, all of which can be produced from renewable sources. Renewable natural gas made from organic waste is not a fossil fuel and does not involve drilling, making it appealing.

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Hoisting Out the Engine

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Here I stand, much cleaner than yesterday, happy to get this gas guzzling monster out of the car. The link is here: [link] The link covers how to do this for an Acura Integra, but similar concepts apply to the Civic. We had to slightly rotate the engine counter-clockwise (as you look down) so that all the pieces would clear.

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