According to CEO Carlos Ghosn, unlike its other Japanese rivals, Nissan has made a strategic decision to cede the standalone hybrid wars to them and will not make hybrid-only models such as Toyota’s Prius or Honda’s Insight.
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Nissan Skipping Hybrid-Only Cars Like the Prius, Wants to Dominate EVs
Posted in October 23rd, 2009
by Nick Chambers in Carlos Ghosn, Electric Cars (EVs), EV, Honda, hybrid, Hybrid-electric EVs, infiniti, Insight, japan, Japanese, Land Glider, LEAF, Nissan, prius, rumor, Toyota
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Consumer Reports: Insight is ‘Most Disappointing’ Honda In a Long Time
Posted in July 6th, 2009
by Nick Chambers in acceleration, braking, Consumer Reports, David Champion, Fuel economy, handling, Honda, Honda Insight, hybrid, Hybrid-electric EVs, Insight, rating, reliability, review, road test
It seems that in the quest to sell the cheapest hybrid they possibly could — a “hybrid for everyone” as Honda’s tagline goes — Honda has majorly skimped on some truly essential bits. Have they made a critical strategic error?
As detailed in the just released August issue of Consumer Reports magazine, out of a crop of 22 small hatchbacks and wagons, the Insight — Honda’s much-touted all new Hybrid — came in 21st on the road test with one of the worst performances CR has seen from Honda in longer than many of the editors at the venerable publication can remember. The only car in that group to fare worse on the road test was the Dodge Caliber.
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