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http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobiles/how-honda-plans-to-reduce-emissions-by-50-without-an-ev.html How Honda Plans to Reduce Emissions by 50% Without an EV Eric Schaal September 26, 2015 When green car enthusiasts think of Honda, their first thought might be, “The automaker without an electric vehicle?” Indeed, Honda has no EV in its product lineup (and barely has a plug-in hybrid available) but has a plan to reduce its total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% in the coming decades. While announcing the latest steps in its Green Path plan, the automaker says it plans to do it without any electric cars on the horizon. According to a company statement, these huge sustainability upgrades will come mainly through improvements in the design and production process where Honda has trailed world automakers in the past. (In a study of the greenest car companies released in 2015, Honda placed 10th.) An investment of $210 million in the company’s Marysville plant will lead to an 18% reduction in emissions and 66% reduction in volatile organic compounds in the painting process. An installation of solar panels at a Connecticut facility will deliver more sustainable operations there as well. Furthermore, Honda is expanding the company’s Green Dealer program that rewards dealerships that run more efficient operations. These steps will piggyback on other initiatives in the production and delivery process that Honda hopes will reduce its life-cycle emissions 50% by 2050 using 2000 levels as the baseline. Nonetheless, skepticism about the automaker’s sustainability efforts are likely to continue until Honda produces an electric vehicle for sale in the U.S. and other markets. Currently, the car maker an boast of only the pricey and largely unavailable Accord plug-in hybrid — a compliance car if there ever was one — on the electric vehicle front. Yet Honda has remained one of the companies with the most fuel-efficient lineup. As recently as 2013, Honda was second only to Mazda (a much smaller company) in terms of fuel economy, which proves efficiency across the board is a credible approach to the green car business. In a release announcing the company’s latest Green Path initiatives, company representatives took up the subject. “We work every day on these issues (i.e., fuel economy),” said Ryan Harty, head of Honda’s Environmental Business Development Office. “But there’s much more automakers can do beyond fuel efficiency to reduce our environmental impact by adopting energy efficiency and renewable energy throughout our operations.” One of the company’s tricks come in vehicle shipments. Rather than sending vehicles to destinations by truck, Honda uses trains for 80% of its deliveries, which cut emissions by over 60%. The automaker also boasts its vehicles are 90% recyclable while a fraction of 1% of its production materials end up in landfills. So would consumers like an electric vehicle from one of the most respected automakers in America? Absolutely, but there are other ways to go green. For now, Honda is seeing if its [h2fcv] can deliver on the emissions-free side of the equation. Otherwise, it will deliver a more sustainable operation from the design and production processes. [© cheatsheet.com] http://automobiles.honda.com/fit-ev/ 2014 Fit EV Pre-Owned Lease Offer $199 Per Month for 24 months Available at EV Certified Honda dealers in CA, OR, MA, NY, NJ and MD ... http://www.myhondafitev.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=5 When the lease ends ... [dated] http://blog.caranddriver.com/honda-extends-leasing-opportunities-on-discontinued-fit-ev/ Honda Extends Leasing Opportunities on Discontinued Fit EV March 23, 2015 by Robert Sorokanich For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Honda-The-automaker-without-an-EV-tp4677840.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
