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October 5, 2007 – Vol. 12 No.28 Honda Issues North American Environmental Report: Energy Highlights. Report shows overall manufacturing CO2 emissions increasing due to increased production, but CO2 emissions fell on a per unit, intensity, basis from a high in 2005. Energy required to build each car fell compared with a 2001 baseline. The 2007 North American Environmental Report primarily covers the company’s operations during the period April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007 (FY 2007). The report looks at the environmental performance of the company’s automobile, power sports and power equipment products, its 14 major manufacturing plants in North America, and the corporate activities of 15 Honda group companies in the region Energy highlights: --- The company is America’s most fuel-efficient car company with a US. corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) for model year 2006 Honda and Acura cars and light trucks of 29.1 miles per gallon. The company is seeking to increase its CAFE by five percent over 2005 levels by model year 2010. --- Honda expanded sales of its ultra-clean, natural gas-powered Civic GX and the Phill (tm) home refueling appliance to additional Honda dealers in California and 20 dealers in New York. --- The company has committed to the introduction of new, more efficient gasoline, gas-electric hybrid, and clean diesel powertrain technologies over the next several years. --- 100 percent of model year 2007 Honda and Acura automobiles sold in the US met or exceeded both California’s and the US EPA’s stringent Tier 2 Bin 5 exhaust emissions standards, without the use of fleet averaging. --- The company has applied 4-stroke engine technology to its complete North American power equipment, sports and marine line, and in the US, is applying the more stringent California emissions standards to products sold in all 50 states. Honda is expanding the use of programmable fuel injection (PGM-FI) for further improvements in emissions and fuel efficiency. --- CO2 emissions from automobile manufacturing increased about 37 percent to 1.07 million metric tons from an FY2001 baseline of 0.78 million metric tons, due in large part to increased production activity. --- CO2 emissions intensity, as measured by average CO2 emissions per automobile produced, increased slightly from the FY2001 baseline of 709 kg to 711 kg in FY2007, but fell significantly from a seven-year high of 761 kg in FY2005, as the company moved to increase the utilization of its production capacity in the region. --- Total energy used for each automobile produced fell 4.5 percent to 6.6 gigajoules from an FY2001 baseline of 6.9 gigajoules, due to ongoing efforts aimed at improving energy efficiency, as well as more efficient utilization of production capacity. (10/5/07)
Links: The Honda 2007 North American Environmental Report
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