The Honda Way

In the pipeline are a “dedicated hybrid car for family use,” a super-dean diesel that meets U.S. Tier 2 BIN 5 standards, and updates to more conventional engines to reduce corporate fleet CO₂ averages.

In 2000, Honda's global average of CO₂ emission per vehicle was 179.5 g/km, according to President and CEO Takeo Fukui. In the five years since then, Honda's vehicle mix now includes more larger SUVs and minivans, yet CO₂ emissions have been reduced by 5%. Honda has set its own voluntary goal of reducing CO₂ emissions a further 5% by the year 2010. Many believe CO₂ is the culprit for global warming, aiming at.

Fukui has announced that Honda would be developing a “dedicated hybrid car for family use” to be offered globally in 2009. Honda has ceased the production of its and Japan's first hybrid car, the Insight, specifically conceived and designed for its IMA (integrated motor assist) system and launched in November 1999. An aggregate of 16,527 Insights were delivered as of mid-June 2006, with another two weeks of sales until it is pulled from the world marketplace.