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Honda CR-V Hybrid redesigned, point-of-sale EV rebates, faster-charging cells and downsizing: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And Honda rolls out a new generation of the CR-V Hybrid, with hopes for it to be a sporty, high-mpg sales leader. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Honda revealed a new generation of its Honda CR-V. Americans prefer point-of-sale EV rebates, and we’d all save money in the process.

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Top safety marks for small cars

Green Cars News

However, a new car safety study released this week shows that four of the top scoring new models are super-minis. The Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20, Kia Soul and Peugeot 2008 earned top marks in the study conducted by Euro NCAP and backed by European governments and motoring and consumer organisations.

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Variable compression ratio engine on its way

Green Cars News

At the SAE 2009 World Congress last week, engineers from Honda R&D Co described the development of a variable compression ratio (VCR) engine that is enabled by a dual piston mechanism. Tags: Green cars Latest news Honda R&D Co SAE World Congress variable compression ratio engine. and back again.

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). The company was created from the old GM’s strongest operations and was reborn with a clear focus on building better and more environmentally friendly vehicles.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. What types of hybrids are there? Full - Spin used to differentiate vehicles with EV-Only modes, though which do not use Electric Fuel sources.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). losing sales to fuel-efficient cars from Toyota Motor Corp., 10/23/07 Honda Motor Co. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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