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Honda to end production of the Insight hybrid, commits to the expansion of hybrid offerings in the US

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Annual sales of the second-generation Honda Insight. Honda announced that while the US model Insight will be available at dealerships in the US through the end of the year, production of the hybrid will end in summer 2014. However, Honda hybrid sales have not achieved the traction in the US market that Toyota did. Data: Honda.

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Honda Fans Can Visit the Automaker's New Museum at Its California HQ

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Its headquarters in Torrance, CA, is joined by a manufacturing facility in Ohio, and the company is gearing up to release new American-market EVs in the coming years.& Visitors will also see the 1997 CR-V, Honda’s first in-house SUV, and a 2006 Honda Insight, the country’s first mass-produced hybrid car.&

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Honda to introduce three hybrids to China market this year, local production of EVs

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With two weeks to go until the opening of the Beijing International Auto Show, Hond Motor (China) Investment outlined its mid-term business strategy for China, covering both the Honda and Acura brands. Within this year, Honda will introduce three hybrid models to the China market. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce adopt Tesla’s NACS charging port

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market, and more to come, it is our top priority to ensure that our drivers have easy access to reliable, fast charging,” said Sebastian Mackensen, President & CEO, BMW of North America. and Canada will include the charging hardware by the same year. With six fully electric BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce models now available in the U.S.

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GM, Toyota continue to lead plug-in market in US

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to 453 units, while sales of the hybrid Insight dropped 49% to 251 units. The Acura ILX hybrid posted 144 units sold. Ford posted very strong results for the C-MAX conventional hybrid in October with 3,182 units sold ( earlier post ); the plug-in version of the C-MAX (the Energi) is now going on sale in select dealerships.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

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This milestone was reached 12 years and 11 months after the start of sales of the first generation Insight in Japan November 1999, which realized fuel economy of 35 km/liter (82.3 Model introduced to the market. First generation Insight. Second generation Insight. Acura ILX Hybrid (USA, Canada only). mpg US, 2.86

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

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In particular, we often see production delays and reduced volumes from what the market was initially led to believe and what may often be well below actual consumer demand. And secondly, on the truck front, GM faces significant competition with the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, Ford F-150 and Lordstown Endurance in the fleet market.

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