Honda Cars : Try, try, again: Another Honda Accord hybrid on the way | 2013 New Honda Car Reviews 0

Honda just introduced a bevy of energy-frugal cars at the Tokyo Motor Show and vowed to cut carbon emissions by 30% from year 2000 levels on all its vehicles by 2020.

But perhaps more interesting were remarks to reporters indicating that another Accord hybrid is on the way, wire services reported. The model was discontinued in the U.S. after poor sales, mostly because it didn't save much gas, as it modified a V-6, instead of a four-cylinder, engine.

"For such a future, the most important challenge we need to address right now is the improvement of the efficiency of gasoline and diesel-powered internal combustion engines," said CEO Takanobu Ito.

To get there, he says he hopes to modify gas and diesel engines and combine them with continuously variable transmissions, or CVTs.

As a down payment on Honda's greenness, he showed off the EV-ster concept, an electric rear-wheel-drive two-seater convertible sports car. He says it has an electric range of about 80 miles and is steered with a pair of levers.

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