Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The Honda 3R-C, a new one-person battery electric vehicle concept, will make its world debut in Geneva alongside the EV-N concept, previously shown at the Tokyo Motor Show ( earlier post ), which will be displayed for the first time in Europe. Tags: Brief. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2010

Honda will begin selling two hybrid models produced in Japan—the Insight and CR-Z—in China before the end of 2012, said Honda Motor Co., Last year, Honda sales set a new record of 580,000 units in China. Last year, Honda sales set a new record of 580,000 units in China. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

Honda has unveiled the 2011 Odyssey minivan, due to go onsale this fall. The company previewed a concept version at the Chicago Auto Show in February. Preliminary EPA mileage estimates are determined by Honda. Tags: Brief. 2011 Odyssey. Click to enlarge. inches versus 2010 Odyssey EX) and wider track (+1.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

Engineers from Honda R&D Co., Honda R&D began developing the VCR mechanism due to what Masahsi Kato, who presented a paper on the control system of the dual piston mechanism, described as drawbacks to current approaches to improving fuel-efficiency in gasoline engines of downsizing and new combustion technology. Kadota et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Honda Motor Co., Honda held the world premier exhibition of the EV-neo concept model (under the name EVE-neo) at the 41 st Tokyo Motor Show in 2009. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). Prototype of EV-neo. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The mass-market model of EV-neo is currently under development.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2009

Honda Motor Co., The CR-Z concept car made its world debut at the 40 th Tokyo Motor Show in 2007. In addition, Honda said it is currently developing a new hybrid system intended to be installed on mid- to large-size vehicles. Honda also announced that, in addition to the No. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 5, 2010

There were plenty of reasons for new car enthusiasts to be excited at the 10th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi, India, as both Toyota and Honda revealed new concept cars. Toyota unveiled its Etios concept, which is aimed at family users in India’s rapidly growing market. The company plans to use local parts to [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 21, 2009

The increasing importance of the Middle East as a developing automotive market has received further affirmation as Honda unveiled plans to stage the world premiere of the Honda New Small Concept at the Auto Expo 2010 to be held in New Delhi, India, from January 5-11, 2010.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The eyes of the bulk of the motoring world may have been focused on Frankfurt in September, but Japanese manufacturers appear to have targeted Tokyo for a series of significant new concepts. Two more Honda concepts will also make their debut at the event. Also making its debut will be the Skydeck concept – a six-seat hybrid MPV.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

If you thought things were quiet on the Honda front, then think again – because the Japanese car manufacturer is lining up a brand new vehicle to be unveiled before the end of the month. The new small-sized vehicle will debut at the Thailand International Motor Expo 2010, which starts on November 30. It will [.].

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 24, 2008

said today that it will show a small electric concept vehicle at the Detroit auto show next month.&# - Toyota Division Communications. Of course, it’s only a “concept&# car, and we know that means they could be a good two years from actually releasing something, but the fact that they’re showing it at all speaks volumes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2009

In a press conference announcing the decision, Reithofer said that BMW will showcase a concept car as a “ CO 2 champion ” at the upcoming IAA (Frankfurt Auto Show) in September to demonstrate “ a whole new dimension of driving pleasure with regards to efficiency with performance. ”. Honda had pulled out of Formula One at the end of 2008.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Honda is to unveil an all-new electric vehicle concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show which opens its doors to the world’s media on Wednesday (November 17, 2010). Tags: Honda electric car FCX Clarity fuel cell Los Angeles Auto Show plug-in hybrid. Both vehicles, together [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Honda is to unveil a ‘revolutionary’ one person battery electric vehicle concept at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show. Set to debut alongside the EV-N concept, the three wheeled wonder uses an electric drivetrain mounted low in the chassis to give the vehicle a low centre of gravity and increase its stability.

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Its dynamic concept car-like design, peppy performance and agile handling redefined Maruti’s image, attracting a younger, more dynamic audience. However, the XL-7’s dated styling (even for the early 2000s), a thirsty petrol engine and an exorbitant price tag of Rs 16.08 A luxurious interior with three-row seating, a 2.7-litre,

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

Honda Civic). However, the concept didn’t last for long and the brand died in 1916. While we cannot say exactly how much their input informed individual models, the concept of Volvo’s “Female Customer Reference Group” actually stuck around after being established in the 1980s. The company probably should have known better.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

There's really only one way to read the Kyodo News (Japan) report that Honda President Takeo Fukui said in an interview that Honda thinks it will be able to mass produce fuel-cell vehicles for the general market by 2018. At the Santa Monica AltFuel Expo in early December, I asked Steven Ellis, Honda AFV Chief, about the FCX.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

Honda Civic). However, the concept didn’t last for long and the brand died in 1916. While we cannot say exactly how much their input informed individual models, the concept of Volvo’s “Female Customer Reference Group” actually stuck around after being established in the 1980s. The company probably should have known better.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Place this one firmly in the ‘rumour mill’ for now, but reports are suggesting that Honda may soon add two hybrid sports cars to its fleet. Now, the company has also confirmed that a CR-Z Concept will arrive within the next year as a hybrid coupe - possibly with a 2.5litre four cylinder engine with direct injection.

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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. The CR-Z concept vehicle made its world debut at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show in 2007.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Leading vehicle manufacturers in fuel cell technology—Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation/Opel, Honda Motor Co., Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

It may look like an April Fools joke, but Honda is very serious about the U3-X – its new compact, lithium-ion powered experimental personal mobility device. Now Honda will showcase the technology at the 41 st Tokyo Motor Show which begins on October 24, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Honda R & D; Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. battery controllers, motors); innovative batteries based on new concepts and materials; and fundamental technology to control the electrochemical reaction of batteries. Tags: Brief. .; Asafa Corporation, Inc.; Nissan Motor Co., Hitachi Maxell Ltd.;

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 5, 2008

nk has debuted a larger concept car, which it has developed with an unnamed major automaker. Pretty soon it might be down to BMW and Honda advertising the dream, with the California Air Resources Board acting as enabler. Tags: honda electric car california air resources board fuel cell CARB BEV battery electric car.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 7, 2007

Amidst the well-deserved hoopla about GM's plug-in serial hybrid Chevy Volt , Ford is touting its own equally ugly plug-in hybrid concept car. Classic concept car fare. Honda's FCX also relies on an unspecified amount of battery power to make the car viable. Honda may yet stick a plug on its FCX.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 19, 2010

The North American International Auto Show has marked the debut of a host of exciting new green car concepts, but few were as eagerly anticipated as Honda’s new CR-Z hybrid, dubbed the world’s first hybrid sports car. Tags: Fuel Cells Honda Hydrogen fuel Nissan Peugeot The Green Piece Toyota Revolve Technologies.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 5, 2010

Tags: The Green Piece concepts Ford Green cars green piece Honda Hyundai MINI new Tesla Toyota. Here we look at the top 10 green cars you can expect to hear a lot more about in the year ahead… TOP 10 GREEN CARS OF 2010 If 2009 was the year that green cars stopped [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 17, 2010

Japanese manufacturer Subaru seems to have been left behind in the green car race by its compatriots such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan – but now the subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries is bouncing back. The company brought its gull-wing Hybrid Tourer Concept to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit to draw attention to [.].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

The taskforce has taken recommendations from JARI and developed a draft concept of charging categories per power level, static charging (e.g., residential; public parking; on-site static such as stop lights or bus stops) but not on-road dynamic charging: Concept only types of charging, locations and efficiencies. Source: J2954.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Here we look at the green cars to be introduced by the three major Japanese manufacturers at the event: Honda – Introducing a world first. When the Honda CR-Z (Compact, Renaissance, Zero) Concept (see article ) made its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007 it was described as the “world’s first hybrid sports car”.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world. The vehicles received rave reviews.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. The first of several body styles is expected to be a four-seat, three-door hatchback, but they are likely to be smaller than subcompacts like the 2010 Honda Fit. The most recent is the new ActiveE Concept, which was revealed at January’s Detroit Auto Show. Europe, and U.K.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

With new green concepts and production vehicles from at least a dozen manufacturers, consumers have a greater selection of low-emission, high-mileage vehicles to choose from than ever before. Hybrids still represent the largest volume of “green” vehicles including the popular Toyota Prius, Honda Insight and Ford Fusion hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

Ramanathan said that he and his coauthor approached Foreign Affairs with the concept for the article based on his calculations in a 2008 paper that society has already crossed the threshold at which damaging effects of climate change are assured. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Wallack and Ramanathan. Earlier post.) Foreign Affairs.

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has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. In its cavalcade of concepts, VW also recently showed an entry-level model that appeared to be an electric reincarnation of the Beetle, but without its iconic shape. We’ve tested most of those.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Volkswagen L1 – One of those weird and wonderful concepts that you just hope gets to see the light of day, the VW L1 diesel-electric hybrid is constructed from aluminium and carbon fibre, weighs just 380kg and emits just 39g/km of CO2 (see article ). Volkswagen e-up! Lexus LF-Ch – Considered a rival to the BMW 120d and the Audi A3 2.0

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The companies “strongly support the idea of building-up a hydrogen infrastructure in Europe and at the same time develop similar concepts for the market penetration of hydrogen infrastructure in other regions of the world, with the US market, Japan and Korea as further starting points.&#.

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