Editing Honda (section)

===Hybrid electric===
[[File:2014 Honda CR-Z Sport-T i-VTEC 1.5 Front.jpg|thumb|right|[[Honda CR-Z]], the first sports coupe hybrid to come with a six-speed manual transmission]]

In late 1999, Honda launched the first commercial [[hybrid electric car]] sold in the US market, the [[Honda Insight]], just one month before the introduction of the [[Toyota Prius]], and initially sold for US$20,000.<ref name="TwoBillion">{{Cite book | last = Sperling, Daniel and Deborah Gordon | title = Two billion cars: driving toward sustainability | year = 2009 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/twobillioncarsdr00sper_0/page/28 28, 64–65, and 168–168] | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]], New York| isbn = 978-0-19-537664-7 | url = https://archive.org/details/twobillioncarsdr00sper_0/page/28 }}</ref><ref name=NYT2/> The first-generation Insight was produced from 2000 to 2006 and had a [[fuel economy in automobiles|fuel economy]] of {{convert|70|mpgus|L/100 km mpgimp}} for the EPA's highway rating, the most fuel-efficient mass-produced car at the time.<ref name="TwoBillion"/><ref name=NYT2/> Total global sales for the Insight amounted to only around 18,000 vehicles.<ref name=NYT2>{{Cite news|title=The Once and Future Mileage King |first=Jerry |last=Garrett |work=The New York Times |date=27 August 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/automobiles/27HONDA.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=The%20Once%20and%20Future%20Mileage%20King&st=cse&oref=slogin}}</ref> Cumulative global sales reached 100,000 hybrids in 2005 and 200,000 in 2007.<ref name=Honda1mi/>

Honda introduced the [[Honda Insight#Second generation (ZE2/ZE3; 2009)|second-generation Insight]] in Japan in February 2009, and released it in other markets through 2009 and in the US market in April 2009. At $19,800 as a five-door hatchback it will be the least expensive hybrid available in the US.<ref>{{cite web|title=Honda Insight: America's most affordable hybrid at $19,800|work=Honda|publisher=Motor Authority|date=10 March 2009|url=http://www.motorauthority.com/honda-insight-americas-most-affordable-hybrid-at-19800.html|access-date=21 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314041609/http://www.motorauthority.com/honda-insight-americas-most-affordable-hybrid-at-19800.html|archive-date=14 March 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[File:2010 Honda Insight--DC.jpg|thumb|right|2010 [[Honda Insight]] [[hybrid electric vehicle]] (second generation)]]

Since 2002, Honda has also been selling the [[Honda Civic Hybrid]] (2003 model) in the US market.<ref name="TwoBillion"/> It was followed by the [[Honda Accord Hybrid]], offered in model years 2005 through 2007. Sales of the [[Honda CR-Z]] began in Japan in February 2010, becoming Honda's third hybrid electric car in the market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/02/crz-20100227.html|title=Honda CR-Z Hybrid Now on Sale in Japan; Targeting 1,000 Units Per Month|date=27 February 2010|access-date=13 March 2010|publisher=Green Car Congress}}</ref> {{As of|2011|02}}, Honda was producing around 200,000 hybrids a year in Japan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110202-703049.html |title=Honda Exports From Japan Unlikely To Decline Soon |date=2 February 2011 |first=Yoshio |last=Takahashi |publisher=Dow Jones newswire }}{{dead link|date=November 2016}}</ref>

Sales of the [[Honda Fit Hybrid|Fit Hybrid]] began in Japan in October 2010, at the time, the lowest price for a gasoline-hybrid electric vehicle sold in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://green.autoblog.com/2010/10/08/honda-prices-2011-fit-hybrid-at-19-310-cheapest-gas-electric-i/ |title=Honda prices 2011 Fit Hybrid at $19,310; cheapest gas-electric in Japan |date=8 October 2010 |first=Eric |last=Loveday |publisher=Autoblog Green |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074840/http://green.autoblog.com/2010/10/08/honda-prices-2011-fit-hybrid-at-19-310-cheapest-gas-electric-i/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The European version, called [[Honda Jazz Hybrid]], was released in early 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/honda-jazz-hybrid-will-get-paris-premiere/?emc=eta1|title=Honda Jazz Hybrid Will Get Paris Premiere|newspaper=New York Times|date=25 August 2010|access-date=26 August 2010 | first=Stephen | last=Williams}}</ref> During 2011 Honda launched three hybrid models available only in Japan, the [[Honda Fit (second generation)#Fit Shuttle and Fit Shuttle hybrid (2011)|Fit Shuttle Hybrid]], [[Honda Freed Hybrid|Freed Hybrid]] and Freed Spike Hybrid.<ref name=Honda1mi/>

Honda's cumulative global hybrid sales passed the 1 million unit milestone at the end of September 2012, 12 years and 11 months after sales of the first generation Insight began in Japan November 1999.<ref name=Honda1mi>{{cite web|url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/10/hondahybrids-20121015.html|title=Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units |author=Honda Press Release |publisher=Green Car Congress|date=15 October 2012|access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> A total of 187,851 hybrids were sold worldwide in 2013, and 158,696 hybrids during the first six months of 2014.<ref name=Honda2013>{{cite news|url=http://wardsauto.com/vehicles-amp-technology/toyota-strengthens-grip-japan-ev-hybrid-market|title=Toyota Strengthens Grip on Japan EV, Hybrid Market|first=Roger |last=Schreffler|work=[[Ward's AutoWorld]]|date=14 July 2014|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502011126/http://wardsauto.com/vehicles-amp-technology/toyota-strengthens-grip-japan-ev-hybrid-market|archive-date=2 May 2014|url-status=dead}} ''Honda sold 187,851 hybrids in 2013''.</ref><ref name=Honda062014>{{cite news|url=http://wardsauto.com/auto-makers/toyota-remains-unchallenged-global-hybrid-leader|title=Toyota Remains Unchallenged Global Hybrid Leader|first=Roger |last=Schreffler|work=[[Ward's AutoWorld]]|date=20 August 2014|access-date=4 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009223927/http://wardsauto.com/auto-makers/toyota-remains-unchallenged-global-hybrid-leader|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}} ''Honda sold 158,696 hybrids during the first six months of 2014''.</ref> {{As of|2014|06}}, Honda has sold more than 1.35&nbsp;million hybrids worldwide.<ref name=Honda1mi/><ref name=Honda2013/><ref name=Honda062014/>