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MARCH 24, 2016

Acura unveiled the restyled and refreshed 2017 MDX luxury SUV at the New York International Auto Show, adding available Sport Hybrid Super Handling-All Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) powertrain technology as a model option. Acura expects the MDX Sport Hybrid will receive EPA fuel economy ratings of 25/26/26 mpg (city/highway/combined) (9.4/9.04/9.04

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

Acura also announced that the next-generation NSX will feature Acura’s new Sport Hybrid SH-AWD technology, is expected to debut in the next three years, and will be developed by an engineering team led by Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Acura ILX Concept. Acura NSX Concept. ILX concept. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2017

The MDX Sport Hybrid powertrain delivers a total system output of 321 horsepower and 289 lb-ft (392 N·m) of torque, up 31 horsepower over the non-hybrid MDX, making it the most powerful Acura production SUV ever built. The MDX Sport Hybrid employs technology offered in the Acura NSX supercar and RLX Sport Hybrid sedan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This new zero-emissions vehicle will contribute to Honda’s previously announced goal to make battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and FCEVs represent 100% of its global auto sales by 2040. —Gary Robinson, vice president of Auto Planning & Strategy for American Honda Motor Co. Underhood of all-new Honda FCEV coming in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The NSX was introduced at the auto show under the theme of “Precision Crafted Performance.” NSX at the reveal. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Honda will showcase the upcoming Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD at the LA Auto Show later this month. A concept combination of the RLX and Acura Sport Hybrid SH-AWD powertrain was unveiled as the RLX concept at the New York International Auto Show in 2012, earlier post.). (A The RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD combines a 3.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Acura unveiled the 2014 MDX luxury SUV at the 2013 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). The 2014 Acura MDX is scheduled to go on sale at US Acura dealers nationwide this summer and will be available in four grades.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2012

Last week we brought you live photos of Acura's ILX compact luxury sedan from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. As Acura's first compact sedan since the Integra, it's tasked with bringing new buyers to the brand. With sharp styling and some economical engines from the Honda Civic, it may just do that.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2012

Ever since Acura ditched the much-loved NSX back in 2005, Honda hasn’t had an “everyday supercar” to call its own. Now the Japanese automaker has decided to let the venerable NSX be reborn: as a leaner, faster, greener version of its former self: the Acura NSX Hybrid Concept.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2012

It's the revival of a legendary supercar, the mid-engined all-wheel drive aluminum Acura NSX, and it's said to be a hybrid. What more could Green Car Reports fans possibly want?

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2012

Since the demise of the well-loved Integra compact many years ago, Acura has had no compact four-door sedan. That's about to change, with the arrival of a production car based on the 2013 Acura ILX Concept shown today at the Detroit Auto Show.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2012

At the start of this year, at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Honda’s luxury arm Acura wooed the crowds with the world premiere of its NSX hybrid supercar concept. At the time, Acura promised its new flagship car would be on the roads for 2015 and ran a Super Bowl ad so popular, it crashed Acura’s website.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2013

For Honda and Acura fans it''s been far too long since the companies made something truly exciting for driving enthusiasts. That should change when the new Acura NSX supercar arrives, following its debut fanfare at the Detroit Auto Show last year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

HAM) will install a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its Marysville Auto Plant property in Marysville, Ohio. As part of its effort to reduce its global CO 2 emissions and minimize the environmental impact of its operations, Honda of America Mfg. million miles of truck travel in FY2013.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

General Motors and Hyundai signed a memorandum of understanding that could lead to the two automakers collaborating on green tech. An existing partnership with Honda has seen GM manufacture the Ultium-based Acura ZDX and Honda Prologue electric SUVs for the Japanese automaker.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2015

The Acura NSX hybrid supercar from the automaker''s luxury division debuts at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, while the Honda FCV fuel-cell concept made its North American debut there. The 2015 Tesla Model S P85D was on hand for its first auto-show appearance as well. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We''ve got.'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2015

The 2015 Detroit Auto Show saw the return of a fan-favorite supercar, with a new twist. First shown as a concept way back in 2012, the 2016 Acura NSX arrives with a hybrid all-wheel drive powertrain.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 17, 2018

That's the place where automakers like Acura, Audi, BMW, Infiniti, and Lexus have thrived for decades. Tesla has rocked the luxury car market in the U.S. to its core with the Model S and Model X, and is now doing the same to the aspirational lower end of the car market and even the mainstream market with its Model 3.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The 2013 Acura ILX will be the company's first entry into the compact sedan market since the Integra, but of most interest to GreenCarReports readers is the hybrid version.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2012

Remember the Acura NSX Concept from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show? Of course you do--it's one of the most striking concept cars in years, and its hybrid system is a statement of intent that performance and parsimony can go hand-in-hand. That same drivetrain will now feature in the 2013 Acural RL, reports Automotive News.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Acura is debuting three new models at the upcoming 2012 Detroit Auto Show, including a concept vehicle that shows the styling for the next NSX sports car, a second-generation RDX crossover concept and the all new Acura ILX sedan concept.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 25, 2024

At the event Acura revealed a Performance EV concept that previews one of the first EVs to come from the luxury automaker on the in-house developed Honda 0 platform. The production version will roll off the assembly line at the automaker’s Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio in 2025. billion battery plant all for U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2012

Yesterday, we told you about Acura’s NSX Hybrid Concept Car, unveiled at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Then a few hours later, we treated you to our own photo gallery of the NSX unveiling live from the show floor, along with the news that it would reach production in 2015.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

As Honda’s global CEO alluded this past week in a Q&A with Green Car Reports and various automotive and tech media at CES, it doesn’t see how the parallel pencils out quite yet. Aoyama underscored that Acura is being handled differently, though. Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 5, 2012

The newcomers have been arriving thick and fast at the New York International Auto Show – with the Acura RLX Concept (pictured) the latest vehicle to make a debut. Featuring a 3.5litre direct-injected VTEC V6 engine and a sport hybrid all-wheel drive system, the Acura RLX Concept also makes use of three electric motors to [.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

Acura unveiled its first all-electric model: the new 2024 Acura ZDX and ZDX Type S. The ZDX was co-developed by Acura with GM. Acura will offer the ZDX A-Spec in both single-motor (rear-wheel-drive) and dual-motor (all-wheel-drive) configurations. Earlier post.) 20 x 9 Aluminum-Alloy 22 x 9.5 Brembo front brakes

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

American Honda Motor will temporally adjust automobile production at all six Honda auto plants in the US and Canada due to the disruption of the flow of parts from Honda suppliers in Asia because of the ongoing flooding in Thailand. Auto production will be at approximately 50% of the original plan through 10 Nov. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The results echo an earlier IIHS study involving Acura, Fiat Chrysler, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru and Volvo vehicles, which found that the combination of forward collision warning and autobrake reduced front-to-rear crash rates by 50% for crashes of all severities and 56% for front-to-rear crashes with injuries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

has opened an Advanced Design Studio in downtown Los Angeles for the creation of future Honda and Acura automobile and mobility design concepts. Honda R&D Americas, Inc., The studio, one of three Honda maintains in the Los Angeles area, was previously located in Pasadena, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Indiana was the first Honda plant in North America to build a hybrid vehicle when it started Acura ILX Hybrid production in April. HMIN produces the Civic Sedan and the Civic Natural Gas on the same assembly line with the Acura ILX. million units per year. Additionally, Honda’s capacity in the region will total 1.92

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The 2012 North American International Auto Show will mark the debut of three new vehicles from Acura – including its first hybrid car. Known as the Acura ILX Concept it will include Acura’s first [.]. Three powertrains will be featured in a new luxury compact saloon car that will be launched in the spring of 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

In 1986, Honda became the first Japanese auto maker to build a manufacturing facility in Canada. HCI) was founded in 1969 and is the parent company for both Honda and Acura vehicle brands in Canada. Honda Canada has sold more than four million Honda and Acura passenger cars and light trucks in Canada. Honda Canada Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

With two weeks to go until the opening of the Beijing International Auto Show, Hond Motor (China) Investment outlined its mid-term business strategy for China, covering both the Honda and Acura brands. The powertrains of all Acura models also will be renewed by the end of 2015. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2012

The North American International Auto Show was the setting for Acura to debut three new vehicles – including two with hybrid powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2013

The technical training centers for powertrains at Anna and auto manufacturing in Marysville will provide Honda engineers, equipment service technicians and line-side associates with opportunities to develop skills that will refine their technical know-how in a hands-on environment. million automobiles each year. million automobiles each year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Honda plans to introduce these models to the North American market as model year 2024 vehicles, one from Honda brand and the other from the Acura brand. Honda and GM are jointly developing two large-sized EV models using GM’s Ultium batteries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Honda will add some new positions, including new positions in charge of the area of product development, a new position in charge of conducting evaluations from the standpoint of the entire vehicle consistently for all models and new positions in charge of supervising design creation of Honda and Acura models, respectively, on a global basis.

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