A group of Canada’s top automotive journalists named Honda Accord the 2013 Car of the Year. A team of 80 industry writers looked at 180 vehicles and chose winners in each category. To net the top prize, Car of the Year, a vehicle had to have already won its specific category. Ford’s Fusion Hybrid won [...]
Honda Motor Co. announced that it would soon offer its Fit EV electric vehicle in New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Beginning last summer, the automaker placed the car in Oregon and California markets only. The Fit EV can travel 82 miles between charges, and is available for lease at $389 per month. [...]
Honda Motor Co. will debut a Crosstour look-alike, called Civic Wagon, at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show. The Civic Wagon will be available in European showrooms by the end of the year, as Honda executives have indicated that the concept is quite close to production. The new car will not, however, be introduced into the [...]
A concept car that Honda calls a “back to basics” model was unveiled at the Montreal Auto Show late last week. According to the Japanese automaker, the Gear is reminiscent of various Civic hatchbacks that first cropped up more than four decades ago. The company’s intention with the Gear is to explore the many paths [...]
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has named the Toyota Prius c ‘Greenest Car of the Year.’ The award rates cars based upon environmental and fuel-efficiency parameters. For the first time since the rankings have been compiled, conventional cars do not appear anywhere on the list, instead being replaced by a variety [...]
The North American International Auto Show will open its doors to the media just hours from now, and much of the automotive press is already focused on three vehicles; the Cadillac ELR, the new Corvette, and the Acura NSX hybrid. The world’s first green Caddy, and the first luxury hybrid from the makers of Chevy [...]
Consumer Reports has picked the Toyota Prius as the overall best value of model year 2013 vehicles. The Prius Four, the model chosen by the CR evaluation team, retails for $26,750. Ironically, Toyota edged out a tough competitor in the crowded “small hatchback” category. For the last four years, Honda’s low-priced, high-value Fit has topped [...]
National Geographic has announced its list of most affordable green cars for the model year 2012. The five vehicles that made the cut included two Hondas, one VW, one Ford, and one Toyota. Ford’s Fusion Hybrid, the newest member of the lineup, has already been setting sales records for the U.S. automaker. The Toyota Prius [...]
This week the 2014 Honda Accord plug-in hybrid became the first vehicle to receive the California Air Resources Board’s newest, and strictest, certification. Boasting a three-hour recharge time from a standard household outlet and a 115 mpg-equivalent rating, Honda’s newest plug-in model maintains the company’s record of achieving emissions standards before most other automakers do.
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Honda Motor Co. will release a plug-in hybrid version of its popular Accord by mid-January of next year. With a fuel efficiency rating of 115 mpg-e, the car aims to compete with Ford, Chevy, and Prius in the ever more populous hybrid vehicle marketplace. Honda’s plug-in Accord will qualify for California’s carpool lanes, and will [...]
Honda announced this week that its newest EV concept, the Micro Commuter Prototype, would be marketed to small families as well as older drivers. With a maximum speed of 50 mph and a range of 37 miles, the tiny transporter uses a lithium-ion battery pack and features a charge time of under three hours. The [...]
Based on the latest data from the Environmental Protection Agency, it appears that the Honda Fit EV achieves the highest MPG-equivalent, at 118 mpg-e, of any mass-produced electric car. Beating out the Mitsubishi i (112 mpg-e), Ford’s Focus Electric (105 mpg-e) and the Nissan Leaf (99 mpg-e), the new mileage champ boasts a range of [...]
