Summary of Honda Announcements Regarding New Advanced Environmental Technologies
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles
will be introduced in the U.S. in 2012;
Demonstration program of the technologies will
begin in 2010
TORRANCE, Calif., July 20
-- Honda will introduce new advanced
environmental technology vehicles, including a
battery-electric vehicle and a new plug-in
hybrid vehicle, to the U.S. market in 2012, the
company announced today in the mid-year address
by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., President & CEO
Takanobu Ito, in Tokyo, Japan. Ito also
announced application of a lithium-ion battery
in the next-generation Civic Hybrid in 2011.
The announcement outlined Honda's
commitment to developing advanced environmental
technologies for application across all of
Honda's global operations. Highlights
specifically related to the U.S. market
include:
- By the end of 2010 and continuing through 2011, Honda will roll out a battery-electric vehicle demonstration program in the U.S. with participants, including: Stanford University, Google Inc. and the City of Torrance, Calif.
- The City of Torrance will receive a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle for evaluation by the end of 2010.
- A battery-electric commuter vehicle will be introduced in the U.S. market in 2012.
- A new plug-in hybrid system for mid-size to larger vehicles will be introduced in the U.S. market in 2012.
- Honda's first hybrid application
of a lithium-ion battery will debut in the
next- generation Civic Hybrid to be introduced
in 2011. The lithium-ion battery was developed
through the Honda and GS Yuasa joint-venture
company, Blue Energy Co., Ltd.