Article: Vacaville, Calif.-Residents Wait for Auto Makers to Produce More Electric Cars.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Article: AS HONDA HALTS PRODUCTION OF EV PLUS, IS END NEAR ...
The Columbian;  May 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Calif. "Frankly, electric cars were just not consumer ... only lease the pure electric cars, a way to regulate ... leased about 300 of its EV Plus cars in California and ... clean the air, not make electric cars," he said. Honda ...

Article: Honda short-circuits its electric cars.(Honda Motor ...
U.S. News & World Report;  May 10, 1999 ;     399 words ... ... Persuading Americans to drive ecofriendly autos won't be easy. That is the message from Honda Motor's decision to stop making EV Plus electric vehicles, on sale since 1997. Honda says consumers aren't willing to pay the extra price or to contend with the ...

Article: Gas-electric cars buzzing toward U.S. Firms promise ...
The Florida Times Union;  June 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... plants. Honda -- which recently shocked the industry by pronouncing battery-powered electric cars a failed experiment and ceasing production of its EV Plus model -- plans to begin selling a two-seat hybrid in the United States this year ...

Article: HONDA PULLS THE PLUG ON EV PLUS.
Automotive News;  April 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ...LOS ANGELES - The last Honda EV Plus electric vehicle has been produced, and ... s V V hybrid car hastened the end of EV Plus production in Japan, said Robert Bienenfeld ... production goals in mind from the beginning for EV Plus," he said. "It was not meant to be ...

Article: Power to the people.(electric cars)(includes ...
Popular Mechanics;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... although GM's EV1 and Honda's EV Plus are totally different from ... a car 87 mph. The EV1 and EV Plus are good cars, regardless ... hammers home the point that electric cars don't have to be frumpy, slow and clumsy. Honda EV Plus Honda took a completely different ...

Article: Honda EV Plus. (vehículo eléctrico) (TA: electric ...
Automundo Magazine;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Honda Motor Co. ha introducido el Honda EV PLUS, un vehculo elctrico con la particularidad ... Trabajando con esta energa, el Honda EV PLUS se ubica como uno de los vehculos ms limpios ... comodidades. Y hablando de comodidades, en el EV PLUS se ubican a sus anchas 4 pasajeros dejando ...

Article: First Electric Vehicle Offered to New York Consumers -- The Honda ...
PR Newswire;  June 4, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... This new program will lease the Honda EV PLUS, the first production electric vehicle ... House of Honda (Woodside, NY). The EV PLUS has been available in California for more ... nickel-metal hydride batteries, the EV PLUS achieves an EPA city driving range of ...