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

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Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (HMIN) began production of the natural gas-powered 2009 Civic GX at its plant in Greensburg, Indiana. As a result, the GX is certified by the EPA as an Inherently Low Emissions Vehicle (ILEV). The Honda Civic sedan being built in Indiana features the fuel-efficient 140-hp, 1.8-liter,

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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. These VPPAs enable Honda to fully offset the remaining carbon intensive grid-supplied electricity being used in its Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama automobile manufacturing operations.

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Honda to build new plant in Mexico for production of subcompact vehicles, starting in 2014

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The smallest automobile currently produced by Honda in North America is the compact Honda Civic, which is built at Honda plants in Indiana and Ontario, Canada. In 2010, more than 87% of Honda and Acura cars and light trucks sold in America were produced in North America. million units to 1.83 million units in 2014.

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

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For the first five months of 2015, Honda’s total hybrid sales (including Acura models) were down 22.3% Production of the Civic Natural Gas model has been completed at our Indiana plant, but we will continue to provide a high level of service to our existing customers through CNG-certified Honda dealers. —John Mendel.

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

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At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. Not so much as you would think, especially with technology changing fast. We are different from them.

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