The Obama administration granted Honda Motor Company a reprieve from the fuel-economy rule proposed in August 2012. ... Currently, Honda is the only automaker supplying natural gas-powered vehicles in the US (Keane). ... Honda is initially satisfied to be given these concessions, but the new regulations also entice competing automakers to manufacture their own natural gas-powered vehicles. ... "The market isn't established yet, so it may not directly lead to a boost in sales, but being a leader may boost Honda's share price" (Keane). ... In the next few years, Honeywell intend...

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With the oil prices rising and the amount of gasoline in demand climbing each year; people and companies are looking for alternative methods to power cars. ... Honda and Toyota Motors are leading the charge in this market. ... They also have batteries that recharge on their own (2003 Honda). ... The initiative hopes to get more companies involved in hydrogen-power research and development. ... Honda has already built a solar-powered hydrogen filling station on one of its Los Angles office sites (2003 Honda). ...

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The automotive company Honda is the pioneer for the first hydrogen automobile. Tereza Pultarova wrote an article in Engineering & Technology about Honda's steps towards making hydrogen a mainstream source of fuel. Along with being the first for producing a hydrogen fuel cell car, Honda also is the first to construct a hydrogen refueling station. ... This can be seen as a way for Honda to market their cars and a way to advertise their refueling station to the people that live in England. ... Honda began to study this topic before 2007. ...

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This would mean fewer emissions which in turn means more tax breaks for the company that creates the energy. ... As a result, the federal government has income tax deductions, many states have incentives and some private companies offer rebates or discounts. ... Among these, OEM offers up to $1000 for the Honda hybrid electric and up to $3,000 for dedicated natural gas vehicles including the Ford Crown Victoria, Ford F-150 pick-up, Ford compressed natural gas (CNG) vans, and the Honda Civic GX. ... Among the most active in this pursuit are Toyota and Honda. ... In Los Angeles, Hon...

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California's Air Resource Board and California Energy Commission is also involved in a program with Daimler, Ford's partners in the fuel-cell alliance, along with oil companies ARCO, Shell and Texaco to test fuel cells in electric. They also certified Honda's FCX with the EPA, which is the first and only fuel cell car in history to be approved for the roads and meet the zero emissions standard of the CARB (Rod Driess 2003). ... Even though Honda's FCX fuel cell vehicle can 170 ...

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