Honda has acknowledged that while it feels the fuel-cell electric vehicle is the holy grail of future car technology plug in electric cars are important in the now. Details are sparse at the moment, but Honda's commitment to electric vehicles includes the development of an electric car which it aims to bring to market in Japan and the U.S. by 2012.
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Honda will start selling electric and plug-in hybrid cars in the US and Japan from 2012. Plug-in hybrid vehicles work like traditional hybrid vehicles...
Honda plans to roll out a plug-in hybrid and an all-electric car by 2013, a news report said Tuesday.
Japan's number two carmaker -- which already produces standard hybrid versions of its Civic and other models -- may also build hybrids overseas for the first time, in the United States, the Nikkei business daily said.
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Now living on hydrogen is soon going to be a reality. Hydrogen fuel cells power hybrid cars and homes are in a trial project in Japan. This Fukuoka hydrogen town project chiefly runs on electricity and heat generated from hydrogen, which is cheaper and more environment friendly than the conventional sources of power.
Nissan Motor said it aims to nearly double the mileage on its first hybrid car developed in-house compared with the gasoline engine version, while keeping costs down with a simple, single-motor system. Japan's No.3 automaker is due to launch a gasoline-electric Infiniti M sedan, called Fuga in Japan,
Honda Presents Fuel Cell Electric FCX Clarity. Honda became the world's first carmaker to put a fuel cell car on the road, delivering the Honda FCX to fleet users in the US and Japan in 2002. Now, the company introduces a fuel cell electric vehicle that delivers superior environmental performance and is fun to drive: the FCX Clarity.
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A car group in Tokyo recently drove an electric car 1,003.184 kilometers (about 623 mi
It didn’t take Japan’s battery-powered Mira EV long to top itself. Last year the car set a record for the longest journey in an electric car without recharging, traveling 345.2 miles between on a single charge. The Japan EV Club’s Mira EV has now bested its own short-lived record, traveling 623.3 miles on a single charge this past weekend.
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It may look like a joke, but a group of companies in Japan is serious about selling an electric car made of traditional materials such as bamboo and paper.
The three-wheeled Meguru (Japanese for "to move") is more of an auto rickshaw than a car, and it's designed for use as a taxi. A driver sits in
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Interest in electric cars has seemingly dwindled, but Mitsubishi just might have re-ignited the flame by revealing its i MiEV hatchback at the 2009 New York Auto Show. Little is confirmed about the i-MiEV, which stands for “Innovative Mitsubishi Electric Vehicle,” but fleet sales are expected begin in Japan in the coming weeks.
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