Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

Honda has unveiled the 2011 Odyssey minivan, due to go onsale this fall. Preliminary EPA mileage estimates are determined by Honda. Final EPA mileage estimates are not available. Currently the Odyssey is best-selling minivan in the US. Tags: Brief. 2011 Odyssey. Click to enlarge.

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Minivan 2011 Honda Fuel Economy 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co. Honda forecasts overall domestic automobile sales to decline by 20,000 units on the year to 635,000 units in fiscal 2011. The company also plans to release a hybrid version of the Freed next autumn—its first hybrid minivan. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2009

Nissan is likely to develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids, with an electric motor to provide additional power to a constantly working engine. Nissan’s Serena minivan is likely to be the first model to get the hybrid makeover. Tags: Brief.

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Japan Nissan 2011 Hybrid 150

Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Mr. Ghosn said Nissan envisioned a broad range of electric vehicles , starting with small cars, and adding: “It’s not only about a small city car or a small minivan. Honda ( HMC ). While Honda aims to launch another hybrid compact by 2010, it also has plans for clean diesel engines in anything larger than a Civic.

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Nissan Gasoline-Electric GM 2010 100

Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

The Nikkei reports that the company will develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids with an electric motor that provides additional power to the constantly working engine. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Nissan Nissan hybrid cars.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. No coasting available. An (expected) high price tag. Keep reading about the EVs good and bad qualities after the jump.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. The table and this introduction are also available in multiple foreign languages which occasionally have a translation "lag time" (follow links at bottom of home page).

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