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Honda Fans Can Visit the Automaker's New Museum at Its California HQ

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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.& Honda established its first American presence in 1959, also its first business presence outside of Japan. .&

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid

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We'll remain in the 21st century this week, with a very rare example of one of GM's early attempts to sell hybrid-electric cars. The first mass-produced hybrid-electric car sold in the United States was the 2000 Honda Insight , joined in the following year by the Toyota Prius.

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Zipcar introduces Honda Fit EV into UC Davis West Village fleet

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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. In the course of a year, the community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes.

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After 11 Years, Two-Millionth Hybrid Car Sold In United States

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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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ACEEE ranks i-MiEV as “Greenest” car in US, Civic Natural Gas ties for second with LEAF

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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. Honda Civic Hybrid. Toyota Camry Hybrid LE. Honda CR-Z.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

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What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? No, not the Toyota Starlet or Corolla Tercel , not the Honda CRX HF , not the Subaru Justy.

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September Auto Sales Plunge in Aftermath of Cash for Clunkers; SAAR at 9.2M units, LDV Sales Down 41% from August, Hybrid Sales Down 48%

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Reported hybrid sales by month. million units, from 14.09 million units in August. Reported sales of hybrids in September dropped 4.1% year-on-year to 19,977 units. Reported sales do not include sales of the Mercedes S400 hybrid, which went onsale in the US late in August.) The new HS250 posted 1,242 units.