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Honda May Soon Introduce An Electric Car

By By: Vicky.in
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The new incumbent of Honda CEO said that he could see much potential in electric cars in contrast to his predecessor who was not that much current. There was a negation about electric cars claiming to be impractical and unrealistic . But an announcement has already come from Honda about the new hybrid version in another two years. In the meantime there was a slight hitch in that process on the returns. Irrespective of the approaches from the CEOs, Honda has been over and again propagating for the electric version based on hydrogen fuel-cell batteries for zero-emission.

This was expected to be an alternative for the combustion engine cars which have the driving force of 500-600 km, whereas the electric versions have the limited and fixed force. Nissan"s Leaf is expected to be launched next month and it will become the world"s first mass volume electric car. This car will have the capacity for drive of 160km with full charge as there will be limited pack of batteries.

The CEO of Honda said that the need for an ordinary driver may not be 500 km always and on the lines of Nissan and Renault, Honda electric cars might go for sale globally, if the performance is good.. He said he preferred the Honda electric car over plug-in hybrid which are packed with large number of batteries for external charging. In his view, the plug-in hybrids are ideal for short distance drives as they are slackened with engine, stack of batteries and a motor.

The CEO will unveil the Honda electric cars, at Los Angeles on November 17th, which will be the first time in Honda's history. This move comes in the wake of California becoming the strictest region on environmental norms and Honda"s response is timely. Simultaneously, Toyota too on the verge of launching its electric version RAV 4 under a JV with Tesla Motors Inc at Los Angeles. Both the companies have entered into a pact for making electric technology and batteries.

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Article Published On: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 12:43 [IST]
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