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Honda begins production of 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid in North America

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The CR-V hybrid features a new two-motor hybrid system produced at Honda’s Ohio Transmission Plant (TMP-O), and a newly refined Atkinson-cycle engine unique to hybrid models that is made at the Anna Engine Plant (AEP), also in Ohio. Associates at the Ohio Transmission Plant assemble the two-motor hybrid unit.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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As the first of the 10 models, the mass-production model based on the Honda SUV e:prototype is scheduled to go on sale in spring 2022. Honda SUV e:prototype shown at Shanghai 2021. The company plans to introduce 10 Honda-brand EV models within five years. Advanced Battery Technology.

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

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Its headquarters in Torrance, CA, is joined by a manufacturing facility in Ohio, and the company is gearing up to release new American-market EVs in the coming years.& Visitors will also see the 1997 CR-V, Honda’s first in-house SUV, and a 2006 Honda Insight, the country’s first mass-produced hybrid car.&

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Honda formalizes joint venture with LG Energy Solutions

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billion battery production joint venture, which will be built in Ohio over the coming two years. And to produce its upcoming lineup of electric vehicles , Honda has partnered with LG to produce battery cells at a new facility in Jeffersonville, Ohio. Honda and LG have announced a $3.5 billion for the construction of the battery plant.

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Honda targeting 2/3 of unit sales from PHEVs, HEVs and ZEVs by ~2030; PHEVs the core of electrification

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On the motorcycle front, Honda will introduce the EV-CUB, a mass-production model developed based on the EV-CUB Concept electric motorcycle ( earlier post ), to the Japanese market about 2 years from now, and then subsequently in main ASEAN countries, which has been the largest market for the Honda Cub Series.

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Honda Speaks About Near Future, EV Plans

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One will be an SUV. Honda claims to be launching 10 electric motorcycles globally by 2025. The ultimate goal is electric motorcycle sales of 3.5 Swappable batteries aren't the only approach -- the company is researching other power sources for electric motorcycles. million units, or 15 percent of overall sales, by 2030.

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3 Pieces of Good News for EVs in 2023

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For example, Toyota only offers one full-electric model right now—the BZ4X SUV. However, they are readying factories in Ohio for a model to be produced in collaboration with GM. GM’s Chevrolet Division will be dropped an electric Silverado pickup and two SUVs–the Equinox and Blazer. And charging will be easier 3.