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We were talking about this in another thread just recently.
Or, at least, I was talking about it and got called out as a fantasy promoter by the Pink Poodle Person.
I think it's a bright sign for the all-electric performance future! :-)
Or, at least, I was talking about it and got called out as a fantasy promoter by the Pink Poodle Person.
I think it's a bright sign for the all-electric performance future! :-)
Honda Will Drop CNG Vehicles to Focus on Hybrids & EVs
Honda Motor Co. is phasing out efforts to develop natural-gas powered vehicles and will instead focus on hybrids and electric vehicles.
The automaker is developing a next-generation, 2-motor hybrid system that will appear in a new Accord Hybrid due by 2018, and will offer a redesigned hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle next year, John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., said at a news conference today.
A new plug-in hybrid, a new battery-electric car and a 3-motor hybrid system also are in the works, Mendel said, without giving details.
Honda is "developing an extensive new generation of electrified vehicles" that should yield significant sales, Mendel said.
The fuel cell vehicle, battery-electric car and plug-in hybrids "will become a mainstream, volume pillar for the Honda brand," Mendel said.
Honda will stop selling the natural-gas powered version of the Civic and the Civic Hybrid this year, a move that follows the withdrawal of the slow-selling Accord Plug-in Hybrid from the U.S., Mendel said.
Honda is dropping the Civic Hybrid in part because it expects the redesigned 2016 Civic to offer "a few ticks more" than 40 mpg, according to Mendel.
The new generation of the Honda Ridgeline is expected to ride on the same unibody platform as the Pilot crossover and Odyssey minivan and could share their 3.5-liter V-6 engine and 9-speed automatic transmission.
Mendel also said the new Ridgeline pickup will arrive next year with a more traditional truck look. He said the previous Ridgeline was too polarizing, and the new truck "is not as unique in styling." A camouflaged 2nd-generation Ridgeline was spotted during a test drive last week.
Honda Motor Co. is phasing out efforts to develop natural-gas powered vehicles and will instead focus on hybrids and electric vehicles.
The automaker is developing a next-generation, 2-motor hybrid system that will appear in a new Accord Hybrid due by 2018, and will offer a redesigned hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle next year, John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co., said at a news conference today.
A new plug-in hybrid, a new battery-electric car and a 3-motor hybrid system also are in the works, Mendel said, without giving details.
Honda is "developing an extensive new generation of electrified vehicles" that should yield significant sales, Mendel said.
The fuel cell vehicle, battery-electric car and plug-in hybrids "will become a mainstream, volume pillar for the Honda brand," Mendel said.
Honda will stop selling the natural-gas powered version of the Civic and the Civic Hybrid this year, a move that follows the withdrawal of the slow-selling Accord Plug-in Hybrid from the U.S., Mendel said.
Honda is dropping the Civic Hybrid in part because it expects the redesigned 2016 Civic to offer "a few ticks more" than 40 mpg, according to Mendel.
The new generation of the Honda Ridgeline is expected to ride on the same unibody platform as the Pilot crossover and Odyssey minivan and could share their 3.5-liter V-6 engine and 9-speed automatic transmission.
Mendel also said the new Ridgeline pickup will arrive next year with a more traditional truck look. He said the previous Ridgeline was too polarizing, and the new truck "is not as unique in styling." A camouflaged 2nd-generation Ridgeline was spotted during a test drive last week.
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That part of your comment wasn't what I was referencing..
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