Honda News
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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 PHEVA 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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Honda sees a future for hydrogen fuel cell tech—in the CR-V
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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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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Future Honda EVs to be powered by batteries from Ohio plant
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 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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2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid goes sporty, angles for half of sales
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 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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Honda plans quieter, more efficient EVs with lots of wind-tunnel development
A $124 million wind tunnel facility in Ohio will help aid in the development of future electric vehicles.
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Sony and Honda ally to build EVs—first product due in 2025
With a timeline accelerated versus Honda's own plan for a dedicated EV platform, a new joint-venture EV company would bring more EVs sooner.
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Honda is working on avatar robots and rockets—with a very different timeline than Tesla and SpaceX
Honda, known for engines and vehicles, is looking to rockets and robots as part of its future, while electric vehicles won't come until later in the decade.
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