Honda considers building new Accord Hybrid in U.S.

Nothing like dollars and cents to drive some good ol' patriotism, even if it's from overseas. Honda will re-start production of the Accord Hybrid from Japan next year and may move the manufacturing of the model to U.S. by 2015 in order to cut costs, Automotive News reports, citing an interview with Honda chief engineer Chitoshi Yokota in the Japanese business daily Nikkei Nangyo . The relatively expensive yen makes the prospect of producing the Accord Hybrid in the U.S. a cheaper one than in Japan. Yokota said the model needs all the help in can get because hybrids that are sold as variants of conventional models – like the Accord and Civic Hybrids – are harder to market than standalone hybrid models like, say, the Toyota Prius . Honda will start delivering an Accord Plug-In Hybrid , which will have an all-electric range of as many as 15 miles, early next year. The convent...

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