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Honda still targeting its engines as a key to hybrid improvement

Electric motors and batteries are only part of the equation when it comes to hybrid vehicles. Hybrids still need an engine and Honda is a company that has built its reputation on engines over the past half century. As Takeo Fukui prepares to retire as CEO of Honda Motor Company, he is still emphasizing the importance of engines even in hybrids. Smooth running, efficient engines with good control systems are critical to making a hybrid perform acceptably. If the engine can't restart without shuddering, customers won't like the driving ... Read more →

Honda's new CEO, Takanobu Ito; same as the old boss? Sebastian Blanco

While not as exciting as Bob Lutz, Takeo Fukui - the soon-to-be-former president and CEO of Honda Motor Company - has provided us with a few attention-getting quotes over the years. With the news late ...

Honda president pooh-poohs BYD, electric cars in general Domenick Yoney

Honda president Takeo Fukui has been known to downplay the future role of plug-in cars in the automotive marketplace even as his company plays up the fuel cell technology that he claims will be ...

Acura may buck the trend and add a V8 engine to next RL Sam Abuelsamid

While other manufacturers, notably Ford and General Motors, have been canceling programs to develop new V8 engines, Honda may be yet again be hearing the beat of a different drummer. Automotive News ...

Honda President still prefers nickel batteries for hybrids Sam Abuelsamid

While many other car-makers (with the notable exception of Toyota) are jumping on the lithium ion bandwagon for new hybrid models, Honda will stick with nickel metal hydride for now. Honda President ...

CEO discusses Honda's green future 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda has big plans for the future. In addition to their already admirable goals of CO2 reductions, they called out from the rooftops earlier this month that they are going to be building next-generation clean diesel engines that will meet the Tier 2 BIN 5 NOx emissions standards here in the ...

Is $84,000 for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle reasonable? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We mentioned this on AutoblogGreen over the holidays, but I came across another aspect of the claim by Honda President Takeo Fukui's statement that he expects hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to be widely available in 2018 that bears thinking about. As Sam mentioned in his original post, Fukui believes ...

Honda president expects generally available fuel cell cars by 2018 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda has already announced their plans to make a production version of the fuel cell powered FCX concept available to the public in limited quantities starting in 2008. Now in an interview with Kyodo News in Japan, Honda President Takeo Fukui has stated that he expects that fuel cell cars will be ...

Honda says no to hybrids in new Indiana factory 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Honda president Takeo Fukui has denied newspaper reports that Honda hybrids will be built a new Indiana factory that opens in 2008. Sources say the Civic will be built there, but all Fukui said was that Honda will build small vehicles with 4-cylinder engines. Honda currently makes the Civic Hybrid ...

Honda is developing a diesel V-6 for SUVs and vans 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently Honda announced plans to create new ultra clean diesel engines for their vehicles to meet all the latest emission standards. Their design would differ from the Mercedes BlueTec technology because the new catalytic converter would produce ammonia on board to use for treating the nitrogen ...

Were the 90s a "decade of bad decisions" for Honda? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's a short, interesting opinion piece by Matt Timion, owner and operator of GasSavers.org. He first acknowledges that since Honda's entry into the U.S. automotive market in 1971, the automaker has been "more concerned with fuel economy and emissions than any other manufacturer." As partial ...

PopSci gets FCX test drive and interview with Honda CEO 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

On a recent trip to Honda's research and development center in Utsunomia, Japan, Popular Science got an opportunity to conduct a 10-minute interview with Takeo Fukui, Honda's president and CEO, as well as take the FCX fuel cell concept car out for a spin. First, the test drive. Joe Brown from ...

Honda engineers in secret engine lab trying to outgreen Toyota 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

One fact is fairly straightforward: Honda is working on a new diesel engine for the U.S. market in 2009 that will meet stringent U.S. and California emissions standards while using 30 percent less gasoline, according to this article from Bloomberg out today. The delicious part of the news is both ...

Honda sets goals to reduce future emissions footprint, seems to miss the big picture 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In his mid-year speech yesterday, Honda CEO Takeo Fukui said Honda would focus on three core areas to increase the company's profits and brand in the coming years. According to Honda's synopsis of the speech, the three areas are: "1) Establishing advanced manufacturing systems and capabilities ...


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