Honda Presents Self-Driving Off-Road Prototype

A new self-driving off-road Honda prototype called the Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle will be presented at CES 2019 in early January, where the automaker hopes to find additional partners to evolve the technology. The Autonomous Work Vehicle is based on Honda’s four-wheel-drive ATV chassis and equipped with sensor-based autonomy and GPS that allow it to…

Honda Wins 10th IndyCar Manufacturers’ Title

Photo: Honda With one race left to go in the 2021 season, Honda has claimed its 10th IndyCar Manufacturers’ Championship — courtesy of Colton Herta, Alex Palou, and Romain Grosjean sweeping the podium at the Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca. This is a major achievement for Honda as it is also its fourth…

Honda Launches Most Powerful Civic Type R Ever

Photo: Honda After a lot of teasing, Honda has finally revealed the 2023 Civic Type R — though despite the long wait, the automaker is being surprisingly obscure about details. Nonetheless, Honda didn’t shy from claiming that the new Civic Type R was the fastest and most powerful Honda-badged vehicle ever to be offered in…

Honda Opens First Full-Scale U.S. Wind Tunnel

Photo: Honda Honda America has just opened its first full-scale wind tunnel in East Liberty, Ohio. The automaker says that the new $124-million facility, called Honda Automotive Laboratories of Ohio (or HALO for short), is “the world’s most advanced wind tunnel, with three separate state-of-the-art testing functions — aerodynamic, aeroacoustics, and racing — in one…

Honda Snatches Nine 2022 Top Safety Pick Awards

Photo: Honda Honda is maintaining its excellent track record for automotive safety with nine new Top Safety Pick awards, including eight Top Safety Pick+ awards, the most coveted safety rating in the industry, among which were three Acura models. The award winners were the Honda Accord, Civic Hatchback, Civic Sedan, Insight, Odyssey, CR-V, Acura MDX,…

Honda and LG to Build $4.4B Battery Factory in U.S.

Youngsoo Kwon (left), CEO of LG Energy Solution, and Toshihiro Mibe, President and CEO of Honda Motor Company Photo: Honda The Honda Motor Company and LG Corporation today announced they will invest $4.4 billion in a joint venture in the United States to produce car batteries, intended for use in Honda and Acura EV models…

Honda Reminds Us That Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist

Honda’s ASIMO robot is programmed to treat all cultures with equal respect, but the company’s other employees are far more human Last week, the federal government found that American Honda Financial Corporation had violated fair lending laws by routinely charging minority customers $150 to $250 more for loans than their white counterparts. As a result, the…

2017 Honda Civic Sedan Overview

Now in its tenth-generation, the 2017 Honda Civic Sedan offers a dynamic blend of style, performance, and top-notch fuel efficiency, which makes this vehicle one of the premier options in the compact car segment. This new version of the Civic is also longer than the ninth-gen model and the interior is more spacious and comfortable…