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Honda tests self-driving, off-road “Autonomous Work Vehicles”

Loz Blain December 17, 2018

​They’re almost cute, these little seatless quadbikes, and they can be programmed to perform a bunch of handy tasks outdoors. Honda has been testing them in search and rescue, firefighting, construction, agriculture, landscaping and snow removal applications.

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Honda plans to swarm CES with aids to traffic safety

Aaron Turpen December 14, 2018

Honda will be busy at CES 2019, showcasing several concepts and products related to vehicles and robotics. Among these is an interesting traffic safety system utilizing vehicle-to-vehicle communications. Honda is calling it Safe Swarm and its goal is to improve traffic flow and safety.

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Energy

Fluoride-based battery challenges lithium for stability and stamina

Michael Irving December 6, 2018

A new study shows how fluoride might be put to work in better batteries. Researchers at Caltech, JPL, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the Honda Research Institute have developed fluoride-based batteries that could potentially last much longer than existing lithium-ion-based devices.

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Honda gets into side-by-sides with the new Talon 1000X and 1000R

Loz Blain November 29, 2018

Serious off-road four-wheeling is now on the menu at Honda with the release of its first side-by-side sand throwers. The Talon 1000X and 1000R share a 104-hp, twin-cylinder engine and six-speed dual clutch transmission, but take different approaches to hardcore off-roading.

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2019 Honda Passport makes a bid for the great outdoors

Aaron Turpen November 29, 2018

As the newest flagship utility from Honda, the Passport is big and bold, a five-seater that fits between the smaller CR-V and the larger Pilot. With dimensions almost as large as the Pilot, though, the Passport is one of the largest Hondas being sold.

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Gallery: Customs, classics and absolute car chaos at SEMA 2018

C.C. Weiss November 2, 2018

This year's SEMA Show proved a bit tamer than last year's (no all-new 300-mph supercars or $1.5 million off-road motorhomes, we're aware of), but it was still wall-to-wall with lusty sports cars, delicious retromods and all other styles of wild one-of-a-kinds.

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Honda smashes together Ridgeline pickup and Pioneer UTV into radical off-road adventure concept

C.C. Weiss October 30, 2018

For SEMA 2018, Honda has brought together the separate worlds of its powersports and automotive lineups. Part Ridgeline pickup, part Pioneer 1000 side-by-side, the Rugged Open Air Vehicle is 110 percent off-road fun.

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Honda sends an unlikely Ridgeline overlander to the Nevada desert

C.C. Weiss October 29, 2018

The Honda Ridgeline is probably the very last overland base vehicle choice among all American-market pickup trucks. But that hasn't dissuaded Honda from developing the Ridgeline Overland Project, a SEMA show truck that will lead to a lineup of available off-road accessories.​

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Motorcycles

The 33 most interesting motorcycles at Bonhams' 2018 Autumn Stafford Sale

Mike Hanlon October 17, 2018

Bonhams' Stafford Motorcycle auctions are held each spring and autumn at the Staffordshire County Showgrounds in the United Kingdom, and these auctions invariably throw up some fascinating motorcycles.

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Bonhams' Barber Museum Auction: 13 amazing motorcycles, two helmets and some gloves

Mike Hanlon October 10, 2018

The Barber Museum Auction held last weekend saw some remarkable motorcycles cross the auction block, some with great celebrity and movie provenance. The results were puzzling, and raise some interesting questions about celebrity provenance, whether it always applies, and whether it wears off.

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