Honda to sell natural gas Civic across US - Report

The Nikkei that Honda Motor Co. will market its natural-gas-powered Civic GX nationwide in the US starting this fall when a new model is released.

Honda first released the Civic GX in the state of California in 1998 and currently offers the car in four states. At first, Honda marketed the car to government agencies and commercial users, but starting in 2005 it also began offering to lease the Civic GX to individual consumers.

The decision to go nationwide reflects the heightened interest in environmental cars in the US. Natural-gas-propelled cars are seen by some as even greener than all-electric vehicles, because the latter charge their batteries using electricity often generated by fossil-fuel-fired power plants.

Source: Nikkei