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In Focus: Honda’s Smart Home
American Honda is building a house that demonstrates zero carbon living using some of its technologies, such as solar-charging for its Fit electric car and Honda’s home energy management system. The first ”Honda Smart Home” was built in Japan last year and this one will be on the campus of University of California, Davis. “This showcase for environmental innovation and renewable energy-enabling [...]
SolarCity+Honda=Solar Financing Enterprise?
Solar energy company SolarCity and automaker Honda have joined forces to increase access to solar power for their customers. The partnership establishes an investment fund to finance $65 million in solar projects to assist Honda and Acura (Honda’s luxury division) customers with the initial cost of solar power installation. Millions of Honda and Acura customers [...]
In Focus: The Big 3 Engine Technologies
Even if you have a decent understanding of how a combustion engine works, you could still be confused by all the buzzwords these various automakers use to differentiate their eco-friendly products from the norm. I could spend all day talking about each manufacturer’s variation – Mitsubishi’s MIVEC, AVCS from Subaru, VANOS by BMW – but [...]
Top 10 Fuel Efficient Cars for the Money
Given the state of the economy, affordability is the current buzzword you’ve probably been hearing lately, especially when it comes to purchasing a new vehicle. You’ve probably even wondered if it makes better sense to buy a used car instead of going for a brand new one. Fortunately, not only are there plenty of affordable [...]
The Top 10 Eco-Friendly Cars of 2012
It’s becoming increasingly important for new cars to be eco-friendly. Lowered emissions, better mileage, and the adaptation of existing diesel and petrol engines to include hybrid electric motors and batteries is becoming more of a focus for manufacturers as they seek compliance with low pollution regulations. In this context, some of the best new cars [...]
The Honda UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Vehicle
Honda has spent the past five years developing personal mobility vehicles that could figure prominently in resolving urban mobility gaps. The company’s Robotics division bore fruit in 2009 with the presentation of the U3-X vehicle. This one-wheel device allowed an operator to use body movement to turn corners, increase speed and come to a full [...]
The Honda Civic Natural Gas Car
If you had to pick the 2012 Green Car of Year, what would your choice be? Naturally the Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius, and the Nissan Leaf come to mind – maybe even the exotic Fisker Karma. What if I told you Green Car Journal selected the Honda Civic as their 2012 Green Car of the [...]
Honda Introduces Solar Hydrogen Station
This is the first installation in Japan of a total system to produce, store and dispense hydrogen with ZERO CO2 emissions. The Solar Hydrogen Station is the first of its kind in the country. Nowhere else have efforts been made to work with hydrogen so completely. It uses a system of high pressure water electrolysis [...]
The Honda ‘Civic Natural Gas’ Sweepstakes
Straight from its manufacturing and assembly plant southwest of Indianapolis, Indiana in the U.S., Honda is stocking dealers with a 2012 version of its Civic fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG). It officially goes on sale Tuesday, Oct. 18 in some or all of the 36 states listed below, representing a major expansion of Honda’s [...]