firm’s boss said green technology was crucial to Honda’s future Honda is to start selling electric cars in the US and Japan in 2012. It will also launch a plug-in hybrid in the same year as it joins the race to manufacture more environmentally-friendly
as a plug-in hybrid in 2012 in the U.S. and Japan, joining the race to manufacture green cars in which rivals have already taken slight leads. The plans were disclosed by Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito at the Japanese automaker’s facility in a
release of a new Honda CR-Z modified by Japanese outfit Mugen. The funky tunesters have been pimping Honda cars for aeons, but this will be its first attempt (that we know of) at Tim Westwooding a hybrid. According to Topgear.com, it’ll replace the
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to vehicle occupants,’ according to the statement. Honda would replace the vehicle occupants’ airbag inflators on the recalled cars free of charge, said the statement
Honda’s development costs, the Nikkei reported. Competition between Honda and rival Toyota Corp have helped popularize hybrid cars in Japan, and competition between the two is set to intensify as Toyota prepares to launch a new hybrid next year, the
Thursday due to a new dispute involving workers at a factory that produces locks for the company’s cars, she said. The spokeswoman said production at Foshan Fengfu Autoparts, a joint venture between Honda’s subsidiary Yutaka Giken and a Taiwanese firm
and the first in south China, where Toyota Motor and Honda Motor dominate. The European automaker also makes cars in China in a tie-up with domestic leader SAIC Motor Corp. It aims to double its capacity in China to 3 million units by 2013 to 2014, CEO
how production could be affected, the spokesman said, adding that there were sufficient parts for now to build cars at Guangqi Honda. The labour action at the plant, Foshan Fengfu Autoparts, began early on Monday when about 20 workers began rallying