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This is a joint release of Daimler, Ford, GM/Opel, Honda, Hyundai/Kia, Renault, Nissan and Toyota as posted on Honda’s site.
Letter of Understanding on electric vehicles with fuel cell development and market introduction signed
Daimler AG announced that the leading vehicle manufacturers in fuel cell technology – Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation/Opel, Honda Motor [...]

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gave Honda Insight the Top Safety Pick Award which means that the Insight achieved the highest rating of good in front, side, and rear impact tests. Together with the Honda Insight, Toyota Prius and Kia Soul also earned the same award. This is good news for all potential buyers [...]

We are certain that most of us are aware of the two most common kind of internal combustion engines. We have the two-stroke engine and also the four-stroke engine. Well its not quite like that, since Ilmor Engineering has designed the first five-stroke engine which promises to deliver such a fuel economy as an existing [...]

UK Honda workers vote a decrease on their wages, rather than loosing their jobs. With a drop of 50% in production of UK’s car industry, some factories are shutting down while others are running over the edge. Honda has given a choice to its workers to take a pay cut; otherwise 490 employees will be [...]

An agreement between Honda and German heating and air conditioning company Vaillant took place in Frankfurt. Both companies will develop gas-powered micro cogeneration systems for single family homes in the European market.
Takayuki Arima, President of Honda Motor Europe (North) GmbH in Offenbach said that “The competence of Vaillant in heating and air conditioning systems and [...]

ITS-Safety 2010 public demonstration (sponsored by the ITS Promotion Council) will be held on February 25 – 28, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Honda announced that it will demonstrate the latest Advanced Safety Vehicles, including automobiles, motorcycles and electric carts, which are equipped with the latest active safety driving support features.
The design of the Advanced Safety [...]

The year of 2008 was a successful year for Honda. The announcement by Honda with Sales & Production figures and Worldwide Production Charts gives a positive summary, but at the same time a concern of how the year of 2009 will affect Honda. It is not something new but Sales & Production of 2009 [...]

It feels like the NSX successor is coming back from the ashes. Although the new NSX development was canceled, it looks like Acura plans are to present the NSX concept in Detroit on January 2009. Is it possible this to be a marketing game? Is the NSX alive after all?
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This could be a joke and a very bad one, but is unclear if this move by Honda will be an unfortunate reality. Chief Executive Takeo Fukui told to a small group of reporters, that if the Japanese government says that they don’t care about the export industry, then Honda will act accordingly.
“If we go [...]

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