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Honda Insight nixed, Niro EV refreshed, Tesla Boombox redux, California sees 35% EVs by 2026: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Honda confirms a Civic Hybrid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. California this morning officially posted its Proposed Regulation for Advanced Clean Cars II rulemaking. Tesla gets a “do-over” on fixing its Boombox. The Leaf and Niro lineups get refreshed. Distilled down, the rules.

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Ouch! Honda Yanks Civic Hybrid AND Insight Off Sale In Canada

Green Car Reports

sales figures for green cars, it was apparent that the 2010 Honda Insight wasn't doing well. The "cheapest hybrid" sold just 20,000 copies, and Honda's other hybrid, the 2010 Civic Hybrid, fell by several thousand as well. A reader tipped off our comrades at Autoblog Green that both.

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Honda sets huge hybrid car goal

Green Cars News

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. Honda has forecast [.].

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Toyota and Ford enjoy hybrid sales gains

Green Cars News

In the case of Toyota, hybrid sales rose by 21.6 per cent by volume to 16,714 units; while Ford enjoyed sales of 3,050 units – an increase of [.].

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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Insight the top hybrid performer

Green Cars News

Move over Toyota Prius - there’s a new green car leader in town. During its first month of sales, the Honda Insight has outsold its competitors in the hybrid market. Since going on sale in the UK, 229 Insight models have been sold ahead of its nearest rival the Toyota Prius at 198 units. The Insight 1.3-litre

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Honda hybrid cars smash sales barrier

Green Cars News

It was another successful year for Honda’s range of hybrid cars – as they surpassed 800,000 cumulative sales worldwide at the end of December, 2011. It has been 12 years and two months since the first generation Honda Insight was introduced in Japan in November, 1999.

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