Honda to sell affordable, new-generation hybrid early next year
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 8:48 AM ET
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Honda Motor Co. president and CEO Takeo Fukui speaks during a news conference at the firm's head office in Tokyo on Wednesday. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)Honda Motor Co. will sell a new, improved and affordable gas-electric hybrid in North America, Japan and Europe starting in early 2009, the company's president said Wednesday.
Takeo Fukui told reporters that green cars, especially hybrids, will be a pillar of Honda's strategy for the next three years, starting this fiscal year, which began April 1.
He did not say what the price of the vehicle would be. But Fukui said the new hybrid will be a five-door sedan seating five passengers, and it will feature new technology that reduces the size and weight of the hybrid system to increase fuel efficiency.
"Hybrids have drawn attention for their image, but time has come to go to the next step," he said, stressing that Honda was serious about selling hybrids in numbers.
Honda plans to sell 500,000 hybrids per year sometime after 2010, he said.
To expand hybrid sales, Honda will introduce a new sporty hybrid based on the CR-Z concept, a Civic hybrid and a hybrid model of the Fit subcompact, which is sold as the Jazz in Europe, in addition to the new hybrid going on sale next year, Fukui said.
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