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Honda in moderation transferring from hybrids to EVs

Baua Electric

It sits on Honda’s untouched light-truck structure and stretches 3.4 A 3-row EV is predicted from Honda’s e:Structure in 2025, which may well be a part of the Pilot’s evolution, or a untouched nameplate. For 2023, Honda added a TrailSport style with 8.1 The untouched Pilot is powered via a three.6-liter

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues. However, standard hybrids actually outperformed every other group with 26 percent fewer problems than vehicles wholly reliant on gasoline.

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2017 Chrysler Pacifica wins Altair Enlighten Award for weight reduction in full vehicle category; Toyota, Faurecia and AP&T module, technology winners

Green Car Congress

In addition, the all-new Pacifica minivan also makes strategic use of aluminum. Its combined city/highway rating of 22 mpg is unsurpassed in the minivan segment, while the all-new vehicle’s unique construction also benefits the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. All-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica body structure 72% high-strength steel.

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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

Green Car Congress

The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. Non-hybrid stop/start systems represent about 5% of the projected MY 2014 market. Adjusted fuel economy distribution by model year. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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Honda touts Ohio EV flexibility, could make hundreds per day

Baua Electric

Honda is well underway in a $700 million effort to retool three of its plants and create a new $3.5 2024 Honda Prologue A strategic EV advantage with shifting demand? Honda underscored that the flexibility is in line with its original plan, and it intends to make EVs both at its Marysville and East Liberty plants.

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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority

Green Car Congress

Conversely, responses for hybrid vehicles dropped in 2011, and basic/introduction cars fell more than 20 percentage points from last year. Honda ranked seventh, ahead of Ford, and Toyota ranked ninth just ahead of General Motors. —Betsy Meter, national audit leader for KPMG’s automotive practice.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Harley-Davidson, the legendary and revered American manufacturer of motorcycles, announced that it is establishing LiveWire as a separate electric motorcycle brand on July 8,2021, just in time for the first of nine outdoor International Motorcycle Shows. Not an H or D in sight. Without being exhaustive, let’s take a look at some examples.

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