Nikkei: Honda To Roll Out Plug-In Hybrid and EV In 2013, Official Announcement Tuesday
19 July 2010
The Nikkei reports that Honda Motor Co. is working on a plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and an all-electric car, both for release in about three years.
Honda President Takanobu Ito will announce his company’s plans for plug-in hybrids, electric cars and other alternative vehicles at a news conference Tuesday.
Honda says its plug-in hybrid will be able to go 60km [37 miles] or more on a single liter of gas. This will make it more fuel-efficient that Toyota’s Prius hybrid, which gets 38km per liter. Honda sees the new car as the next big thing in alternative vehicles and will consider releasing it ahead of schedule in such major markets as the U.S. and Japan. Toyota says its forthcoming plug-in hybrid, which is based on the Prius, will get 57km to the liter.
Honda reportedly will release its electric car in the US first.
Gripe 1:
Fix your grammar:
"a plug-in hybrid electric vehicles"?
"more fuel efficient that a Toyota's Prius"?
It's a global economy - you're swimming with sharks not goldfish - get it right.
Gripe 2:
Why can't they stick to standard units like liters/100 km or miles/gal?
Gripe 3:
Why do they compare where they will be in 3yrs to where Toyota is today?
Posted by: TM | 19 July 2010 at 05:31 PM
Since my next car will be a BEV and I'm a big Honda fan, that's great news. And by the way, the US is the last holdout still using gallons and miles, so there's nothing standard about those units.
Posted by: ChrisL | 20 July 2010 at 05:25 AM
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Posted by: Peace Hugger | 20 July 2010 at 05:34 AM
A few years ago, they did not think plug-in hybrid was they way to go. They believed hydrogen was it.
Posted by: Peace Hugger | 20 July 2010 at 05:36 AM
A few years ago the U.S. administration was pushing the Freedom Car while people were adding batteries to Prius and plugging them in.
"release in about three years"
Looks like they will be first to be third, but will have a real nice fuel cell car ready whenever the fuel cell can be produced for less than $100,000.
Posted by: SJC | 20 July 2010 at 12:38 PM