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Honda’s hybrid future starts with new Accord and RDX prototypes

Honda’s hybrid future starts with new Accord and RDX prototypes

Honda revealed prototypes of two new hybrid models, an Accord sedan and the Acura RDX SUV, during its annual business briefing this week, built on a platform that it says will begin launching next year. The RDX was announced earlier this year as Honda's first SUV to feature the next-gen version of i...

A red prototype of the Honda Acura RDX

Honda revealed prototypes of two new hybrid models, an Accord sedan and the Acura RDX SUV, during its annual business briefing this week, built on a platform that it says will begin launching next year. The RDX was announced earlier this year as Honda's first SUV to feature the next-gen version of its two-motor hybrid system.

A prototype of a hybrid Honda Accord sedan

Honda also announced it's dropping the goal of having one-fifth of its sales be EVs by 2030, and for 100 percent of its sales to come from EVs and fuel cell vehicles by 2040. Honda now plans to "reallocate more development and production resources into hybrid models."

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Read the full story at The Verge.