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Those who are driving a new Honda around the streets of Des Moines have even one more reason to feel proud. The latest "2011 North American Environment Report" released by Honda last month shows the company is sticking by their eco-conservative guns. Honda has managed to abide by the principles outlined in their official environmental statement for over 10 years. That in itself is laudable. The fact the data shows their efforts are paying off…

Honda is hard set on following their 'Road to Zero Mobility'. To prove it, they've just showcased two new concepts at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany, one of which was an electric.

It looks lit the Honda Fit. It's fun to drive like the Honda Fit... Some enthusiasts are even taking such liberties as to call it the Honda Fit Hybrid. However, for now, it remains simply the new Honda EV Concept…

Honda vehicles represent 20% of the Indian automotive market. With a new variant coming to the country, that percentage may soon grow.

Diesel is still regaining popularity throughout North America. In countries like England, France and German, diesel is one of the most popular fuel types.

As for India, gasoline prices are skyrocketing due to their massive population. To combat a possible fuel crisis, exporters of cars to India, like Honda, are creating alternative engines…

California is making access to the HOV designated areas of their state highway system a little more exclusive. Yellow-sticker partial-hybrid vehicles carrying only a single passenger will no longer be allowed access. Super-ultralow-emission vehicles with white stickers, such as the natural-gas-powered Honda Civic, however, will still be welcome - regardless of passenger numbers.

The admittance of the Honda Civic NGV, and other white-sticker cars, however, is not forever. Drivers of such cars will enjoy the convenience…

Honda has long been committed to the environment and safety and health of its drivers. In fact, it was back in the late '60s when Honda engineers first started reading about the toll pollution has on younger generations worldwide. The reports weren't pretty. Rather, they were quite terrifying.

In 1969, Honda founder, Soichiro Honda, decided to discontinue the company's participation in Formula One Racing so that they could dedicated all of their time…

What does "CNG" in the upcoming 2012 Honda CNG stand for exactly? Civic Natural Gas - that's right, the Honda Civic, available soon, can now be powered by natural gas. How long has Honda tried to market their CNG line-up of Civics? Since 1988, sold as the Civic GX according to Green Car Report.¹

With gasoline prices hitting $4 a gallon (and more) alternative fuels are going to become big business once again. Honda…

What do Honda and Kermit the frog have in common? The fact that they are both green, maybe not in the same way, but green none the less..Not only have Honda profits jumped to huge numbers over the course of 2011, but the Japanese auto maker has received a great honor - Greenest Auto Maker.

This isn't the first time Honda received the award, in fact this is the 5th straight year Honda has…

If you own a car, you can feel rising gas prices quickly emptying any spare change you've had in your pockets. And if we're to trust some projections, fuel costs could climb as high as $5.00/gallon by this summer!

The good news for current prospective car buyers is that Honda has three cars on the market that reduce visits paid to the pump. They are the 2011 Honda Fit, the 2011…

According to Honda, all their models are built to be hybrid ready. Honda President Takanobu Ito says around 10 percent of Honda's global sales will be hybrids by 2015. These models were all made with hybrid in mind, in order to have a fast turnover from gas to hybrid ready rides.

Kohei Hitomi, chief engineer of the Honda Fit, was asked by Honda management to make the Fit easily adaptable into a hybrid. Hitomi…

LOS ANGELES, U.S.A., November 17, 2010 - Honda unveiled the all-new Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a midsize plug-in hybrid vehicle. Both vehicles are integral to the Honda Electric Mobility Network, the company's comprehensive approach to reducing CO2 emissions through innovative products, energy-management and energy-production technologies.

The Fit EV Concept hints strongly at the direction and styling for Honda's upcoming production Fit EV all-electric vehicle, which will be…