Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2010
Honda Motor Co., million yen (US$19,400), making it the most affordable Honda hybrid. Honda had unveiled the Jazz Hybrid at the 2010 Paris Motor Show last week; the Jazz Hybrid will go on sale in some European markets in the early part of 2011. mpg US, 3.33 Layout of the system components in the Fit Hybrid. million units.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2013
Monthly fuel economy of the retrofitted Honda Civic during the first 9 months of the fleet test. A Honda Civic hybrid retrofitted with lead-carbon UltraBattery modules ( earlier post ) (provided by East Penn Manufacturing) has recorded more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) of courier duty in the local area of Phoenix, AZ. Source: DOE.
Plugs and Cars
AUGUST 18, 2007
The plug-in Priuses are almost doubling the fuel efficiency of Google standard Prius fleet, getting 74 MPG rather than 41 MPG. That's great, but because most driving down Silicon Valley way is on the freeway for rather short distances, the plug-ins don’t do much all-electric driving and the MPG isn't approaching the much touted 100MPG.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
2013 Honda CR-Z. The 2013 Honda CR-Z goes on sale 21 November with a number of powertrain, styling and feature upgrades, including a new Li-ion battery pack that replaces the NiMH pack in the MY 2012 CR-Z hybrid and delivers more power and improved fuel economy. The MY 2012 CR-Z hybrid used a 100V NiMH pack.)
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2009
The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). Nominal pack voltage of the nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery remains at 201.6 This is about a 10% improvement in EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy over the older generation.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? At $3 for a gallon of gas, driving a non-hybrid car costs 8-20 cents/mile (depending on MPG). The high demand for the Honda Civic hybrid tell us its at least $3,000. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Using the average U.S.
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." 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. 10/23/07 Honda Motor Co. See Chevy Volt for latest.
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