article thumbnail

Honda launches new environmental leadership award “Green Dealer” program for Honda and Acura dealers in US

Green Car Congress

has established a “Green Dealer” program for its independently-owned Honda and Acura automobile dealers in the United States. Ten dealers have already received the award, 18 more have applied to be in the program, and more than 200 dealers have independently developed initiatives to reduce their environmental impact.

Acura 225
article thumbnail

2014 Acura MDX features new 3.5L i-VTEC V-6 with cylinder deactivation

Green Car Congress

Acura unveiled the 2014 MDX luxury SUV at the 2013 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). The 2014 Acura MDX is scheduled to go on sale at US Acura dealers nationwide this summer and will be available in four grades.

Acura 218
article thumbnail

2014 Acura ILX Sport Sedan: More Features, Hybrid Later

Green Car Reports

For its second model year, Acura has added new features to the ILX compact sedan, which serves as its entry-level vehicle. The 2014 Acura ILX will go on sale tomorrow at dealers for Honda''s luxury brand, but an announcement of new features and upgrades thus far applies only to the two conventionally powered models.

Acura 70
article thumbnail

April auto gross sales defy financial hesitancy

Baua Electric

Chris Hopson, most important analyst at S&P World Mobility, stated the “unsteadiness” within the economic system shall be mirrored in auto gross sales, and volatility is most probably within the coming months. and Acura complex 21 p.c. When compared with April 2022, Hyundai gross sales have been up 15 p.c

Auto 52
article thumbnail

GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

Green Car Congress

GM is targeting annual global EV sales of more than 1 million by 2025, and we are increasing our investment to scale faster because we see momentum building in the United States for electrification, along with customer demand for our product portfolio.

GM 186
article thumbnail

Honda discontinuing Civic Hybrid, Civic natural gas model, Accord plug-in hybrid; new BEV, PHEV models coming

Green Car Congress

For the first five months of 2015, Honda’s total hybrid sales (including Acura models) were down 22.3% Sales of the Civic Hybrid were down 10.2% to 1,873 units for the five months; sales of the Accord Plug-in Hybrid were down 63.8% from the same period in 2014, to 9,257 units total. to 55 units over that time frame.

article thumbnail

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

The Truth About Cars

Acura followed with hard drive navigation in the 1996 3.5 It would also mean a visit and payment to your local Oldsmobile dealer if you wanted to use guidance in a part of the country not covered by your car’s current set of maps.& Can you find an Oldsmobile for sale with Guidestar intact? Let me know.

Parts 108