Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2011

After reaching its original goal to reduce CO2 emissions from its motorcycle, automobile and power products by 10 per cent compared to 2000 levels by the end of 2010, Honda has now announced a new CO2 emissions goal. Now it wants to reduce CO2 emissions from its global products by 30 per cent by the [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Honda’s new Civic Tourer arrives in the UK from early next year, with emissions as low as 99g/km CO2, thanks to the inclusion of the Earth Dreams 1.6 Honda Mazda' i-DTEC diesel engine. Expected to account for around a quarter of all Civic sales in the UK, order books for the new model open next month, with pri[.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 24, 2011

Honda has announced a new global target to reduce emissions by 30 per cent by 2020 across all its products. The firm, best known for its cars, also produces marine engines, lawnmowers, motorbikes, scooters and generators to name a few products and across all its sectors and in all countries, the firm now announces an [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2011

The new Honda Civic will feature a cleaner, more powerful and economical diesel engine to deliver lower running costs for owners, the car maker has said. Improvements to Honda’s 2.2-litre litre i-DTEC engine, coupled with a low-drag body design, mean the new Civic emits 110 g/km of CO2 – while producing 150 PS and 350 Nm [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

At the same time as making the announcement, Dr Norbert Reithofer, chairman of the board of management of BMW AG, declared a focus on close-to-production motor sports and said that BMW will showcase a “CO2 champion&# at the upcoming IAA Frankfurt Motor Show in September.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

Cheshire-based, Go Green Leasing who now advertise on the UK’s busiest contract hire website, offer a complete service to ensure that its own and its customers’ carbon footprint are minimised. For more information check out the Go Green Leasing profile page on ContractHireAndLeasing.com.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

Despite reports to the contrary, Honda has confirmed its commitment to the development of cleaner diesel cars in Europe. At the moment, Honda produces its diesel engine cylinder blocks at its Suzuka factory in Japan but it will gradually transfer the casting and machining process over to Ogawa. litre diesel engines.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The engineers behind the Honda Civic’s new sub-100g/km diesel engine have spoke out on the thinking behind its development. litre diesel unit will combine an impressive 120PS power output with CO2 emissions of 94g/km and a combined fuel economy of 78.5mpg. Available from January 2013, the 1.6-litre

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda has announced several initiatives under its new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. MAP produces the Honda Accord Sedan and Coupe along with the Acura TLX and ILX for customers in more than 100 countries. Source: Honda North America.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. VW Polo) – the least green motorists are from Latvia with a figure of 177g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. VW Passat).

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 25, 2010

A host of green cars scored top marks today from crash safety authority, Euro NCAP. The greener models, which includes Honda newest hybrid model, the CR-Z, and a couple of low emitting combustion-only models; the Suzuki Swift and Citroen C4 (both with variants with emissions at 115g/km CO2 and lower), all achieved a maximum five [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 29, 2012

Japanese carmaker Honda (logo, pictured) has revealed estimates of its emissions across its entire business operations and customer use: covering its motorcycles, automobiles and power products. Ever wondered how high the levels of greenhouse gas emissions are from one of the world’s leading automotive makers?

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Some of the most advanced green cars and electric vehicles available will be at the Copenhagen Summit this week with Peugeot, Citroen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Think, Honda and Renault all displaying their vehicles and in many cases, lending their greenest models out during the international conference.

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Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2009

In the United States, the effectiveness of fuel cell technology has been openly questioned as the country bids to bridge the gap with Japanese and European car makers in the green car race. Our verdict on fuel cell cars. Tags: Honda The Green Piece FCX Clarity green piece. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

New blog post: Honda introduces flex fuel car in Brazil [link] #. New blog post: Hyundai plans green growth investment [link] #. New blog post: Details of Ford’s green car strategy [link] #. New blog post # green #cars: Kia focus on green growth [link] #.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 4, 2009

Not all 4×4 models have to be the same - and now the Honda CR-V is proving that different may even be better. The vehicle, produced by Honda UK, has seen sales rise by 48 per cent on its nearest competitor three years after it was launched. Tags: Green cars Honda Latest news CR-V sales Honda CR-V.

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2009

Honda’s new CEO, Takanobu Ito has today announced plans to begin sales in Japan of the CR-Z sports hybrid model in February 2010. The IMA system will also be integrated into the award winning Honda Jazz within the next few years. Tags: Honda Hybrid cars cr-z hybrid. This extra capacity on line No.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

Honda is taking on the Toyota Prius with the latest version of the Insight, which is a huge advance on the original two-seater launched in 1999. The major selling point of the Insight is its hybrid powerplant, a petrol-electric unit that reduces CO2 emissions and provides a cleaner, greener way of motoring. Honda Insight lease prices.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2013

Honda’s CR-V model will be the next to benefit from the carmaker’s Earth Dreams technology 1.6 Newly launched on the Civic model, the highly efficient engine will enable Honda’s SUV model to follow suit and cut emissions to just 119g/km CO2. i-DTEC diesel engine. Appearing at the Geneva Motor Show this week, the new CR-V [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Efforts to increase fuel economy and lower emissions show no signs of losing pace as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report revealing a fifth consecutive increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Hybrids are projected to have a 1.8

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2009

Volvo believes the principal of hybrid cars being exempt from the charge is outdated. Their outputs currently range from 89g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 219g/km of CO2. DRIVe with start/stop technology (pictured below) emits a mere 104g/km of CO2 and was recently named as the What Car? Green Car of the Year.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

An analysis by the Nikkei revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from four Japanese steelmakers had slumped by 11.1 per cent in the last fiscal year from fiscal 1990 – while those from five major car markers were 39 per cent lower.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Here’s your chance to catch the first glimpse of Nissan’s upcoming global compact car (view the sketch here ) which will be launched in Thailand in March 2010 before being made available in more than 150 countries. 94 and Reg.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2011

The aim is to increase fuel economy to a fleet-wide average 54.5mpg or 163g/mile of CO2 for cars and light duty trucks by model year 2025. Ford, GM, Chrysler, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar/Land [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

The title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009 has been awarded to the ‘next generation’ Toyota Prius, due to be launched in the UK on 1 st August 2009. The new Prius was chosen from a short-list of 10 green car finalists which were test-driven at Imperial College, London, by six of the UK’s leading green transport and environmental experts.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

Being exempt from the London Congestion Charge makes the Insight ideal to transfer books between the two museum sites, while its low CO2 emissions of 101g/km mean it will save the museum money with reduced road tax of £15 a year, low company car tax and excellent fuel economy of 64.2mpg (combined) which means fewer trips to the filling station. “We

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Tags: Green credentials car production Queen's University study sustainble.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Korean car manufacturer Kia is the latest carmaker to add their weight behind a joint ‘Letter of Understanding’ being sent out to governments, energy companies and other organisations to develop accessible hydrogen infrastructure for future fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2009

Question: Following the recent announcement of Tesla Motors joining the SMMT, do you envisage other electric car producers joining? Do you agree with Volvo that Boris Johnson should look to peg congestion charging with vehicle CO2 emissions, in much the same way as Vehicle Excise Duty? TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Riversimple shot to fame in June 2009 when they unveiled arguably the most exciting development for British green car technology yet; the two-seater Riversimple hydrogen prototype. But what happens when a car is charged-down; is there some way of topping up the electrical charge? Sorry for such a long-winded non-answer!

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

And EV straggler Honda shed a bit more light on its upcoming EVs built on GM’s Ultium battery and powertrain platform. According to the company, the pickup will be open for pre-orders in the second quarter of 2021, with deliveries starting “as early as 2023.” – March 10, via Green Car Reports. Automakers and Models.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. Full , Mild , Weak , Series, Parallel, Series-Parallel, The Honda configuration such as that in the Insight is a Parallel system, in that the ICE and Motor contribute motive power in parallel.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." By the end of this year, we will begin testing the lithium-ion batteries developed in prototypes of the Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. I cant stand all these "GM killed the electric car" crap.

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