Honda Environmental Leadership Honda's diverse
portfolio of alternative fuel vehicles has included numerous technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions including the first EV leases in California (1997 Honda EV Plus), the retail introduction of America's first hybrid (1999 Honda Insight), delivery of the first fuel - cell electric vehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX), five generations of the Civic Natural Gas (first introduced in 1998) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards.
The Fit EV is based on the popular Fit hatchback and is a part of the company's diverse
portfolio of alternative fuel vehicles that includes gasoline - electric hybrid, plug - in hybrid, fuel cell - electric and natural gas - powered models.
The expanded lineup brings GM Fleet's
portfolio of alternative fuel, hybrid and EVs to more than a dozen trucks, cars and crossovers.
Not exact matches
The plan assessed various
alternative fuels and developed
fuel portfolios to meet California's goals to reduce petroleum consumption, increase
alternative fuels use, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase in - state production
of biofuels, without causing a significant degradation
of public health and environmental quality.
The Honda Fit EV is part
of Honda's diverse and growing
portfolio of advanced
alternative -
fuel and
fuel - efficient vehicles and has an EPA combined mile - per - gallon - equivalency rating
of 118 MPGe.
With those remarks at the heart
of his State
of the Union address - and a 2012 Budget proposal to back them up - President Obama drew a line in the sand and articulated a vision
of American economic renewal
fueled by key investments in the kind
of public - private partnership that brought us the railroads and jet aviation, microchips and the Internet, countless biomedical breakthroughs and a
portfolio of clean energy
alternatives.