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Honda unveils next-generation technologies for Honda Sensing 360 and Honda Sensing Elite safety and driver assistive systems

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The improved Honda Sensing 360 system will begin rolling out in the second half of the decade and will be standard on all new Honda and Acura models in the US by 2030. The Acura version of Honda Sensing 360 will bear the AcuraWatch name.

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Honda to showcase new connected car and automated driving technologies at 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit; driver-to-driver “virtual tow”

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Honda also will highlight other latest advancements in “V2X” technologies, including vehicle-to-pedestrian/bicycle (V2P/B) and vehicle-to-motorcycle (V2M). Vehicle-to-Motorcycle: using communications between the vehicle and motorcycle Honda V2M technology will alert the driver and rider of a potential collision.

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

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million square meters site in a suburb of Celaya, Guanajuato, about 210 miles east of HDM’s two existing plants in El Salto, Jalisco, which build automobiles, motorcycles and auto parts. 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

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Study: Collision Avoidance Technology Continues to Struggle

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New research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is claiming that forward-collision warning and automatic emergency braking are less successful at identifying trucks and motorcycles. However, motorcycles only benefited 41 percent of the time and trucks 38 percent. The effect on fatalities could be substantial too.

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Honda Motocompacto Review - Wait! That Isn’t A Car!

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After all, the company came here first as a purveyor of small, friendly motorcycles long before four-wheelers entered the chat. It will be sold at Honda and Acura dealers, as well as on a dedicated Motocompacto website , for $995. hours via a standard 120v outlet, and the charge is rated for up to 12 miles of riding.

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