American Honda Motors sits in the
epicenter of auto emissions environmental compliance; Torrance, California.
California’s 2020 California Air Resource Board (CARB) mandate has compelled
Honda and other manufactures to produce the ‘“Greenest” cars and light trucks in
automotive history. CARB’s goal is to reduce (total) auto-emissions on
California roads to pre-1990 levels. Keep in mind that the population of
California has increased by 8 million in that time-line; so has the number of
automobiles on California roads. With the introduction of the 2016
Honda Civic Concept comes the promise of things to come. On the
agenda is a new line of North America manufactured clean burning, high
compression turbocharged EarthDreams ™ gasoline engines. Through this relatively
new engine technology and the utilization of direct fuel injection, variable
timing, cylinder management and low friction internal engine components, Honda
has developed a lighter, more powerful and fuel-efficient
engine for application throughout the lineup.
With Honda i-VTEC 4 cylinder
turbocharged engine technology arrives the next generation in near zero
emissions, high fuel efficiency gasoline engines; a stepping stone to
a fossil-fuel-free-future. we anticipate that Honda’s EPA Co2 particulate
measurement will be the lowest in the company’s history.
Earthday 2015: Have you ever
wondered while following behind a late model Honda car or truck, that visually,
there appears to be nothing coming out of the tail pipe? That wasn't always the
case. We predict 2016 Honda Civic to be the "greenest" in a long line of
low-emission innovations. How "Green" is your Civic?
O.K., we’ll admit it! As race fans
and participants, both cars and motorcycles, we’ve modified an exhaust or two;
and not always to the benefit of environment or the vehicle trailing
behind.
As
a facet of Honda’s corporate social responsibility, American Honda Motors
markets the lowest particulate emitting massed produced automobiles in North
America; and has done so since 1975 with the introduction of the EPA compliant
Honda Civic CVCC. in-fact, Honda set the benchmark for clean burning small
displacement automobile engines with Civic CVCC, and did so without a catalytic
converter.
How green is your Honda
Civic?
Here’s a clue, while your
late model gasoline engine Honda Civic may be the “cleanest” burning,
low Co2 emissions Civic to date, we wouldn't recommend running the engine in a
closed environment, or sucking on the tailpipe.The emitted carbon particulate
level, while rated “Ultra-Low-Emissions-Vehicle-2” (ULEV-2) or “Partial Zero
Emissions Vehicle”(PZEV,) remains a decade or two down the road from
California’s goal of “Zero” emitted exhaust particulates; yet is 50% cleaner
than your neighbor’s(average) 2003 car or light truck model year
emissions.
“Blue Skies For Our
Children”
As
reported in earlier articles shared here at Torque News, Honda sits at the
developmental forefront of low to no emissions fossil fueled engine technology;
alternative stand alone EV, plug-in gasoline hybrid EV; gasoline electric hybrid
and hydrogen fuel cell charged electric vehicles.Honda's ecological
mantra is "Blue Skies For Our Children," and is reflected in the
manufacturing of highly recyclable automobile and equipment components
world-wide.
In
a 2015 interview with American Honda Division’s executive senior vice president
and general manager Jeff Conrad, and environmental officer Angie Nucci, we
captured a broader picture of Honda’s green intentions and environmental path
for the balance of this decade and beyond. You may read the Jeff Conrad
interview here.
Looking to the numbers we discover
that Honda’s remains an industry leader in low emissions with Civic playing a
vital, measurable role in the reduction of automotive pollution since its
inception. Honda’s #1 selling compact sedan takes high marks for claiming
near-zero emissions while affording the consumer a choice as to Civic
NG,(natural gas) and Civic Gasoline, Electric Hybrid.
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