Mobil Hybrid Baru Honda, lbh murah dr Civic H, & JaZZ Hybrid

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By Reuters May 21

Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it would launch a new low-cost, hybrid car in Japan, North America and Europe in early 2009 as it aims to overtake rival Toyota Motor Corp in the green car race.

Despite the pressure of record-high oil prices and concerns over climate change, fuel-efficient and low-emission hybrids still occupy a small niche in the global car market, partly due to their high costs for both consumers and automakers.

Japan’s top two automakers lead the industry in the fuel-saving technology that runs on both electricity and gasoline, but Toyota has dominated sales with its immediately recognisable Prius model, which is only available as a hybrid.

”It is important to move hybrid vehicles from the current image-oriented stage to the new stage toward full-scale penetration,” Chief Executive Takeo #$%#i told a news conference.

By twinning a conventional engine and battery-powered electric motor, hybrids currently add $5,000 or more to comparable gasoline models, a premium #$%#i hopes to bring down to around $2,000 in the next generation of hybrids.

Executive Vice President Koichi Kondo said Honda hoped to price the hybrid-only car under Y2m ($19,290).

Honda now only sells one hybrid car – a gasoline-electric version of the mass-volume Civic sedan which starts at around Y2.3m – after discontinuing its hybrid-only Insight two-seater in 2006.

In addition to the Civic hybrid, the new hybrid-only car and a planned sports car based on the CR-Z concept model, Honda will add a hybrid version of its popular Fit subcompact, #$%#i said.

With the four models, Honda expects annual sales of 500,000 vehicles combined some time after 2010, or roughly one-tenth of its total fleet.

Honda had promised the hybrid-only car for launch some time in 2009, with projected annual sales of 200,000 units, after drastically reducing production costs and making them more affordable for consumers.

Announcing other details of the new hybrid-only car for the first time, Honda said the car would have five doors, seat five people and share a design concept with its sleek, FCX Clarity fuel-cell vehicle.

The car would use more compact and lightweight components for the hybrid system and have a newly developed vehicle platform that places the control unit and battery underneath the cargo space.

A new production line for electric motors will also be added at Honda’s Suzuka factory, south of Tokyo, to more than double the production speed. The line would start operations at the end of 2008, raising annual capacity to 250,000 units from the current 70,000 units. Further expansion is possible to accommodate future growth in demand, Honda said.

Toyota is also racing to slash production costs for future hybrid cars. It has not disclosed when the third-generation Prius would be ready, although many expect a 2009 launch.

Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, is aiming to achieve annual hybrid sales of 1m vehicles soon after 2010, also targeting roughly one-tenth of its total sales.

Few other automakers have managed to mass-market hybrid cars after Toyota blazed the trail with the first-generation Prius in 1997. Nissan Motor Co, Japan’s No.3 automaker, is due to launch its own, in-house developed hybrid car in 2010.

Honda has said it expects to sell more than 4.5m cars and 18m motorcycles worldwide in 2010. Last year, it sold 3.767m cars and 13.48m motorcycles.

[HilmanZ]

yah..kesian d orang Indo cma bs dgr mobil hybrid kluar namun blm bs dipake di sini.sedihnya..kpn pemerintah bacot mau turunin pjk ny?

[GTR]

kalo udah dapet 'share' dari atpm nya.. terbalik siapa yg butuh nih..

[GTR]

apa ini ? source :
http://vtec.net/news/news-item?news_item_id=762412

[ALTIMIT]

wew,bneran ni lbi mura dari jazz hybrid?btw emangnya jazz ad hybrid yah?stau gw civic aja...

[Mogeman]

yah..kesian d orang Indo cma bs dgr mobil hybrid kluar namun blm bs dipake di sini.sedihnya..kpn pemerintah bacot mau turunin pjk ny?

bro,bukan disni udah ada toy Prius ? cuma emang pajaknya masih disamain sama mobil CBU laennya, harusnya ada smacam insentif biar orang beralih kemobil2 hemat energi..... betul ngak sih?

[GTR]

jazz ga ada hybridnya deh, tapi gatau utk yg 2gen nanti

[HilmanZ]

ya.prius skrg di sini hrg nya 500 juta.lbh mhl dr Camry 2.4V jauh...hehe...walopun hemat bensin tpi trs terang ga mampu bli hrg segt..Hybrid Honda baru Civic kl ga slh.

[ALTIMIT]

klo ga salah HPM ada 2-3 civic hybrid buat disewa d n ada 1 civic hybrid yang dikasi ke badan pemerintah klo ga sala,tapi klo jazz hybrid gw bru denger tuh...

slaen civic,honda juga punya hybrid lagi kok,klo ga salah insight juga hybrid...

[mpvlover]

lho guys, news di atas gak dibaca dulu ? Udah lengkap dijelasin, tuh. Insight udah stop produksi, Fit baru ada versi hybrid