Honda will start equipping an on-board emergency report system with their car navigation system in the “Accord Hybrid” that will be out this coming summer.
When an air bag is activated by the shock of an accident, the on-board emergency system will automatically report the accident to HELPNET, run by JAPAN MAYDAY SERVICE CO., LTD, and police and firefighters will be notified.
Notification will not only be of the accident itself, but also accurate positioning by GPS, which air bag in …
Honda’s hybrid cars just haven’t achieved the same cachet as Toyota’s without a poster child like the Prius to drive demand. Nonetheless, the automaker has something to crow about with word that it has sold over a million hybrids worldwide as of the end of September. The milestone comes almost 13 years after the first Japan-bound Insight changed hands in November 1999, and after a significant expansion that includes more specialized cars like the CR-Z coupe you see here. Americans represent almost a third of the total at 318,000 vehicles that are split mostly between the Insight and the Civic Hybrid. Hitting seven digits gives Honda some eco-friendly credibility in a crowded field, although the firm might not want to brag too loudly: Toyota has sold four times as many to date and expects to sell one million hybrids just in 2012.
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