July 15, 2005 Honda will introduce a new Honda Hybrid System in the 2006 Civic Hybrid that features a 3-stage i-VTEC engine that employs Honda’s “intelligent” VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift ...

Honda was technically the first name in hybrids in the U.S. market—with the original 1999 Honda Insight two-seat hatchback. But in recent years Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) ‘mild hybrid’ ...

Hybrid is the latest everyday application in Honda’s quest to produce lighter, more powerful petrol engines which produce fewer emissions and deliver improved fuel economy. Honda’s Hybrid system is ...

Honda may have beat Toyota to the hybrid game, but Toyota has certainly been beating Toyota AT it. It is for that reason that Honda has created a stand-alone hybrid model, the Insight. Unveiled at the ...

It wasn't even at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, where Honda only showed a video of the new plug-in hybrid platform it only discussed But details of the new powertrain point the way toward a range of ...

1. The Insight costs just $19,800 ($23,900 CDN) to start. 2. It’s powered by Honda’s Integrated Motor Assist hybrid system, with an electric motor that helps the gasoline engine. 3. Fuel economy is ...

Kurt Ernst November 13, 2012 Comment Now! Honda isn’t as well known as a hybrid manufacturer as its primary Japanese rival, Toyota. Though Honda has been producing parallel hybrids nearly as long as ...

Honda made the first commercial hybrid and cut the path for the rest of the world’s auto makers more than a decade ago. Now it is in the process of trailblazing the path for desirable hybrids with the ...

It's not 50 miles per gallon (rest, easy Prius), but the mpg numbers for the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid impress us nonetheless: 44/44/44. That's city/highway/combined, and it's a nice jump – especially ...

Honda’s Accord Hybrid Sedan does not display spaceship styling or leafy badges to announce its driver is environmentally conscientious. Okay, so the sharp-eyed Accord watcher may notice the discreet ...