Honda News
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Honda's hydrogen plans include a fuel-cell semi with Isuzu and internal-combustion engines potentially for motorcycles or mopeds.
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2023 Honda Accord Hybrid achieves Top Safety Pick+ distinction
Improved side-impact protection, part of the redesign the Accord lineup received for 2023, is partly to credit for the top showing.
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US-bound Honda-developed EV due in 2025, ahead of schedule
The in-house developed EV will arrive a year after the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX and will debut a new electric and electronic architecture for OTA upgradability.
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Review: 2023 Honda Accord Hybrid improves in most measures
Those who choose hybrids over EVs are going to see the Accord Hybrid as a sensible, sporty way to electrify.
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2024 Honda Civic Hybrid due as sedan and hatchback, but no PHEV
A Civic Hybrid sedan and hatchback will arrive in 2024 to rival the Toyota Corolla Hybrid and Hyundai Elantra Hybrid, Honda has confirmed.
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Sony-Honda EV takes form with new prototype, Afeela brand
Afeela's sleek sedan prototype previews a production model due for North American deliveries in spring 2026.
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The CR-V will also be the first Honda vehicle to use a new-generation fuel cell stack shared with General Motors—even as GM has backed away from fuel-cell tech for passenger vehicles
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2023 Honda Accord Hybrid aims to be the sportier half
The hybrid Accord will be offered in a wider range of versions, and it's repositioned as the sporty version of this bestselling sedan.
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Honda e:N2 Concept previews EV look for China, perhaps beyond
Automaker plans to launch 10 e:N models in China by 2027.
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Beyond GM and Sony EV projects, Honda goes solo on solid-state tech
Honda is aiming to put its first solid-state cells into cars later this decade, but which solution will let it strike out on its own?
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Honda promises “improved hybrid performance” for 2023 Accord
Honda says that the upcoming 11th-generation version will "bring excitement back," and suggests the hybrid system will aid that.
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Review: 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid is brand’s best gas-driven SUV
Honda gives the CR-V Hybrid’s electric side a boost but still doesn’t let the gas engine play second fiddle.
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Mass production of lithium-ion batteries for Honda EVs will start in 2025, and a corresponding investment will help revamp Ohio plants for EVs and EV components.
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Honda reveals size of 2024 Prologue EV, plan to prioritize CR-V Hybrid drivers
Honda sees drivers of the CR-V Hybrid jumping over to the somewhat larger Prologue EV in a couple years.
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2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid: 40-mpg crossover priced to make hybrid mainstream
The hybrid CR-V has been positioned as the premium powertrain in the CR-V lineup; it now earns 40 mpg, but that's with front-wheel drive.
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Honda plans 10 new electric motorcycle models by 2025, including one for kids
Honda also said it will equip future electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries, utilizing technology the company is also eyeing for cars.
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US-based Honda-LG battery venture will power future EVs from 2026 on
The battery joint venture will make lithium-ion pouch cells in the U.S., with timing coordinated with the 2026 arrival of EVs built on a new Honda platform.
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Honda Prologue EV was designed virtually, won't look like related GM EVs
Under the skin, the Prologue will be based on GM's Ultium electric vehicle platform, but it was designed by a California-led Honda team.
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Honda has rearranged its two-mode hybrid system and boosted the motor torque. Will it gain mpg?
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2023 Honda HR-V is a hybrid system away from greatness
Honda is the fuel economy leader, and yet the latest American HR-V is near the back of the pack in mpg. This home run in so many ways would be much better off as a hybrid.
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Report: Sony-Honda electric cars might be a moneymaking content platform for entertainment
PlayStation Plus gives Sony a continuing stream of revenue after it's sold each console, and it seems the company might like to do the same with cars.
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Honda will drop Insight hybrid sedan to make room for Civic Hybrid
Honda is changing strategy to focus on hybrid versions of its core models, which it expects to make up 50% of the sales mix for each model.
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Honda teases two electric sports cars, charges up EV investment
Honda plans to launch 30 EVs globally by 2030, and aims to be producing around two million EVs annually at that point.
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GM and Honda expand partnership with range of affordable EVs expected by 2027
The electric vehicle partnership aims to build millions of EVs using GM's Ultium battery technology.
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