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06-22-2006, 06:43 PM
Diesels could power as much as 30 percent of Hondas in the U.S., official says
By JAMES B. TREECE | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
AutoWeek | Published 06/21/06, 11:05 am et
TOKYO -- Diesel engines could power as many as 30 percent of Honda Motor Co.'s vehicles in both the United States and Japan, a senior company official said.
Michiyoshi Hagino, Honda's senior managing director for purchasing policy and quality, told Japan's Nikkan Kogyo newspaper that diesel engines still face a number of environmental and cost problems. His forecast of diesel's potential assumes that those problems can be overcome.
He did not say when diesels might power 30 percent of Honda's vehicles.
Honda spokesman Takayuki Fuji confirmed Hagino's remarks.
Honda CEO Takeo Fukui said last month Honda is developing a clean diesel that will meet California's stringent emissions regulations. Within three years, Honda plans to put that engine on the market in the United States and Japan.
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060622/FREE/60619010/1041/TOC01ARCHIVE
By JAMES B. TREECE | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
AutoWeek | Published 06/21/06, 11:05 am et
TOKYO -- Diesel engines could power as many as 30 percent of Honda Motor Co.'s vehicles in both the United States and Japan, a senior company official said.
Michiyoshi Hagino, Honda's senior managing director for purchasing policy and quality, told Japan's Nikkan Kogyo newspaper that diesel engines still face a number of environmental and cost problems. His forecast of diesel's potential assumes that those problems can be overcome.
He did not say when diesels might power 30 percent of Honda's vehicles.
Honda spokesman Takayuki Fuji confirmed Hagino's remarks.
Honda CEO Takeo Fukui said last month Honda is developing a clean diesel that will meet California's stringent emissions regulations. Within three years, Honda plans to put that engine on the market in the United States and Japan.
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060622/FREE/60619010/1041/TOC01ARCHIVE