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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. 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. It is powered by a 113-hp (84 kW), 1.8-liter,

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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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Due in part to Honda’s ability to advance fuel economy through conventional engine technology, the Civic lineup will no longer include a hybrid or a natural gas model, according to John Mendel, Executive Vice President, Automobile Division American Honda Motor Co., from the same period in 2014, to 9,257 units total.

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Honda begins production of 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid in North America

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The Indiana Auto Plant (IAP) and the East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP) in Ohio, which produced the previous CR-V Hybrid, will begin production of the 2023 CR-V hybrid in the coming months. It also allows for a higher sustained top speed, improves fuel economy and enables up to 1,000 pounds of towing.

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DOE Selects Tenneco for Fifth ATVM Loan; $24M for Fuel Efficient Emission Control Components

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Tenneco will use the proceeds of the loan to design, engineer and produce emission control components for gas, hybrid and diesel-powered vehicle engines. More than two million automobiles and light trucks built in model years 2010 to 2014 will be equipped with Tenneco’s emission control technology. billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6

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X Prize, Electrathon teams to compete in Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International

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Automotive X Prize teams from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana will compete at the 7 th Annual Green Grand Prix Friday, April 15, at Watkins Glen International. The X Prize cars will be entered in one of two fuel economy rallies that will be run on the WGI’s 2.45-mile mile) short course.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co.,

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Biden Admin Withdraws Nomination for NHTSA Leadership

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Prior to being scooped up by the Biden administration, Pete Buttigieg was the mayor of a town in Indiana with an impressive academic record. As for Carlson, Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee seemed extremely perturbed with her role in the development of fuel-economy standards in 2021.