Honda takes pride in being one of the most environmentally safe vehicle distributors .
More and more people are noticing the difference in Honda .
cars and how Honda cares about the environment and their drivers, and more and more .
people are buying Honda cars, increasing Honda sales. Many people drive.
Honda's low-emission Accords and Civics because they're sold nationwide all over the.
world. And, while Honda's customers don't notice the difference,.
the environment surely does. Honda's low-emission technology doesn't compromise the.
driving performance, quality, reliability and affordability that people have come to expect.
from a Honda. Honda claims their cars are made to help reduce pollution causing agents.
that can harm public health and the environment, therefore making them different from .
all other cars on the market.
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Honda states that they understand the potential harm cars can have on the .
environment. Nationwide we drive 6.3 billion miles every day in 150 million gasoline.
powered cars and light trucks. Hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from tailpipe emissions .
cover our cities with smog. Since gasoline will remain the main fuel for the next several .
years, Honda states that they are committed to reducing emissions from gasoline powered .
cars while at the same time trying to find and develop future cars that use different.
types of fuels.
On December 1999, Honda introduced America's first gasoline-electric hybrid.
automobile, they named it the Insight. This car gets 68 miles per gallon on the highway.
and a 700 mile range on one tank of fuel.
The Insight uses the hybrid system which is Honda's innovative integrated Motor .
Assist or IMA. The IMA couples a compact 1.0 liter, 3 cylinder VTEC E engine with.
an ultra thin electric motor for outstanding efficiency. Energy that use to be wasted.
when applying brakes is captured and stored as electric power. When the car accelerates.
this stored energy is released, enhancing the performance while cutting down on.
