Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

Automakers and their dealers know that when a vehicle is updated, redesigned, or discontinued, the last lagging examples of the old model may sit on lots for months, perhaps even years. So it appears to be with the Honda Insight, the subcompact mild hybrid hatchback that the company discontinued after the 2014 model year.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Believe it or not, Honda’s been around in the U.S. for decades, and to Celebrate, the automaker opened the American Honda Collection Hall to show some of its most iconic models.& & The display will be open during regular "Cars and Coffee" events starting in October. Images: Honda] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

While the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and Nissan LEAF have stolen most of the green-car limelight of late, and the Toyota Prius continues to be the go-to vehicle for those seeking reliable yet efficient transportation, Honda's Insight continues to plug along, with new upgrades to standard equipment and a less expensive entry-level model for 2011 aimed at.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

Turn back the clock by one decade, and there were just four hybrid cars on sale in the U.S. The original Honda Insight was still going strong as the most efficient vehicle on sale (and only plug-in cars still better it today). Honda also offered the Civic Hybrid. One was the first-generation Toyota Prius.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The new version of the Honda Insight Hybrid is now on sale in the US and boasts an influx of new features. The vehicle, which has a starting price of $18,200, has a base line model known simply as “Insight” with Insight LX and the top-of-the-line Insight EX also available.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Mercedes-Benz could launch a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle in 2017, a crowd-funded Tesla car-sharing service, and an electric scooter that fits in a briefcase. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Startup Vukee hopes to crowd-fund a Tesla car-sharing service. Would you pay $6,000.'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Honda will unveil the Honda Insight Prototype at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January as the precursor to the new third-generation 2019 Honda Insight—an upscale, stylish five-passenger sedan positioned above the Civic in Honda’s passenger car lineup. L/100 km).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2009

Honda’s Insight hybrid was Japan’s 10 th -best-selling new car in February, excluding minicars, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Honda received more than 15,000 orders for the Insight, which was launched that month. Nevertheless, the Insight made No.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mitsubishi’s i-MIEV battery electric vehicle took the top spot from the Honda Civic Natural Gas on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 14 th annual environmental ranking. Honda Civic Natural Gas. Honda Insight. —ACEEE lead vehicle analyst Shruti Vaidyanathan. Make and Model.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar has introduced a 2014 Honda Fit battery electric vehicle (EV) at The University of California, Davis’ (UC Davis) West Village , the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. Both vehicles are available to all Zipcar members ages 18+ for hourly reservations, starting at $8.50

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2012

Turn back the clock by one decade, and there were three hybrid cars on sale in the U.S. One was the first-generation Toyota Prius, the original Honda Insight was still going strong as the most efficient vehicle on sale, and Honda also offered the Civic Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Honda Motor Co., will participate in the 19 th World ITS Congress from 22–26 October 2012 with a demonstration of automobile and motorcycle V2X communication—how its vehicles can communicate both with each other and with road-side infrastructure to benefit road safety, the environment, driver comfort and convenience. Environment.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 23, 2013

Back in 2010, we asked why so few of today''s cars were among the most fuel efficient ever. Look down the list of the most fuel-efficient vehicles sold in the U.S, and only a small handful had been built in the previous decade--cars such as the familiar Prius, and the all-too-brief but brilliant first-generation Honda Insight hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2014

With the new and more fuel-efficient Honda Fit hatchback now on sale, the Japanese carmaker is slimming down its lineup a bit. For 2015, it has eliminated three low-selling green cars: the Honda Insight hybrid subcompact, the Honda Fit EV electric car, and the very low-volume Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

And unlike the original two-seat Insight, the new version is very much a family car, with five seats and bootspace that is a match for the leading competitors in the segment. The Insight is also competitively priced, starting at £15,490, which undercuts the Prius by nearly £3,000. Honda Insight lease prices.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 25, 2012

If you're in the market for a fuel efficient vehicle your choice is better than ever. Virtually every manufacturer now offers a high-mpg vehicle, but Honda could lay claim to being one of the first. Since the Civic arrived back in the 1970s, the Japanese carmaker has made fuel economy a high priority in its cars.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

Toyota’s new Prius was Japan’s top-selling vehicle in May, according to new car sales rankings —excluding minicars with displacements of less than 660 cc—released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA). Prius sales in Japan by month since January 2007. Data: JADA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2011

bought a hybrid car. And while we may never know exactly who that person was, the car was the 2-millionth hybrid-electric vehicle sold here since the very first Honda Insight went on sale in late 1999. Sometime early last week, someone somewhere in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2012

Car sharing services are often viewed as a green transportation alternative, the idea being that users may not need to own a car--or can dispense with a second vehicle--that they only use occasionally.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2009

Car-sharing operator Zipcar and the Westminster City Council in London have launched a new car sharing club fleet that will initially include 20 hybrid vehicles and will offer members access to the country’s first all-electric car club vehicle, a Citroen c1.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

Ford’s “47MPG” marketing campaign tarnished what should have been the roll-out of a truly remarkable vehicle, the CMAX. For the record, during the last three years I have leased both a 2010 Prius and 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid, and consider myself an experienced hyper-miler. I have been accused of not knowing how to drive hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

share of reported new vehicle sales for the month. Reported hybrid sales include those from Toyota, Ford, Honda, GM and Nissan; Mercedes-Benz is not breaking out sales of its new S400 Hybrid. Reported hybrid sales include those from Toyota, Ford, Honda, GM and Nissan; Mercedes-Benz is not breaking out sales of its new S400 Hybrid.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 19, 2010

That's after the US government's General Services Administration (GSA) took delivery of more than 5,600 hybrid vehicles under lease agreements. It's not the first time that the GSA has bought hybrid vehicles as it has used the revenue from [.].

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Consumer Reports, long respected by car buyers for its unbiased analysis of everything from vacuum cleaners to children's toys to cars, has published its list of the most reliable (and unreliable) vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2010

Do you know the difference between a mild hybrid like a 2010 Honda Insight, and a full hybrid like the 2010 Toyota Prius? Or what happens to all hybrid vehicles when the weather gets cold? If you do, you're probably well versed in green cars, and you may already be a hybrid vehicle owner.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

While the selection of hybrid models in the US has more than doubled since 2007, only 35% of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk. However, hybrid owners appear to maintain brand loyalty when returning to the new car market.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Japanese car maker Honda has set a significant target for its hybrid vehicles, according to reports in the Nikkei. Honda has forecast [.]. It plans to have hybrids account for more than 20 per cent of Japanese sales next fiscal year – that would be around double the 2010 fiscal year’s average of 10 per cent.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When it comes to electric vehicles (EVs), the people of Indiana are a tough sell. Hoosiers are very resistant to change,” said Richard Steiner, president of the Hoosier Electric Vehicle Association. They make sightseeing vehicles, and they’d built an EV that resembled a Ford Model T,” Steiner said.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Hybrids don’t have to be luxury vehicles. Car buyers shouldn’t be forced to buy high-end bells and whistles when fuel economy and reducing emissions are their top priority. —Don Anair, the senior vehicles analyst with UCS’ Clean Vehicles Program who oversaw the guide.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Success doesn’t come much more resounding than this – one out of every 10 new cars sold in Japan during November was a Toyota Prius. The vehicle maintained its top spot in Japan new passenger car sales for the seventh month in a row, posting 26,815 units according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% Passenger car sales dropped 10.6% GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% Click to enlarge. to 443, 297 units.

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All Cars Electric

MARCH 13, 2010

The winner of the 2010 World Green Car award will be announced at the opening of the New York Auto Show in April and we will have to wait until then to see which vehicle prevails, but the list has now been narrowed down to only three remaining vehicles.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2009

Mirror, mirror on the wall… which is the greenest car of all? That’s the verdict of Germany’s VCD Automobile Club’s annual list of the most environmentally friendly vehicles, which only served to highlight Toyota’s dominance in the sector. Honda took the bronze medal place with its Insight Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In the aftermath of the summer sales boom fueled by the US Cash for Clunkers program, September 2009 light duty vehicles sales dropped back to pre-incentive lows. With 745,997 cars and light duty trucks sold in September, according to Autodata, sales were down 22.7% Hybrid new vehicle market share by month. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2009

Hang your head in shame Dodge SRT-10 - for you are the most polluting car on Britain’s roads. It found that the American sports car churns out 488g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) - meaning 322 oak trees would be needed to absorb its emissions over the course of a year. Least green car overall : Dodge SRT-10 (488g/km).

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Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2009

Having already surpassed the Toyota Prius during its first month of sales in the UK, Honda’s Insight is now ranked as the best selling car among all new vehicle registrations in Japan in April marking the first time a hybrid model has been the top seller during any monthly sales period.

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

Demand is so high for green cars after government incentives were introduced in Japan, that the Honda Motor Company, the country’s number two car manufacturer, has said it will start partial weekend shifts at two factories in a bid to push low emission vehicles off the production line.

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