One philosophy that Honda follows is the 3R approach to conducting business: reduce, reuse, recycle. It comes to no surprise to us at Dublin Honda to hear that the Japanese auto maker has made a remarkable breakthrough in this area.

Honda, in conjunction with Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., has found a new way to extract rare earth metals from nickel-metal hydride batteries that are commonly found in hybrid vehicles. The cool thing about this is…

If there is one automotive company that is committed to people and the environment that is Honda. They recently committed to cutting their carbon emissions by 30 percent when compared to emissions levels in 2000.

In 1969, Honda founder, Soichiro Honda, decided to discontinue the company's participation in Formula One Racing so that they could dedicated all of their time, efforts, and resources to the larger issue at hand - protecting youths' health via the development of cutting-edge environmental technologies.

Honda's efforts continue to this day evidenced by more environmental awards and accolades than could be held in one…

Honda profits jumped to huge numbers during 2011, while the Japanese auto maker has received a great honor - Greenest Auto Maker. This is the 5th straight year Honda has become Greenest Automaker. The 2011 Honda Civic GX, fueled by compressed natural gas, was also named Greenest Vehicles of 2011 by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.¹

The Honda Civic Hybrid, which receives 40 miles per gallon city and 43 miles per gallon highway, is another great green car for the company. Even Honda SUV's receive top of the line gas mileage of 22 miles per gallon…

Maybe you've heard some ad or read a press release hinting at the Honda's less-than-impressed view of electric vehicles (EVs). If you have, the phrase "near-future technology" used in association with plug-in vehicles should be at least vaguely familiar.

Don't take it the wrong way, Honda is very pro-environmentally friendly car production. Honda has been recognized as the country's Greenest Automaker by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fifth time in a row.

Honda just has extremely high standards when it comes to environmentally-friendly technology. In essence, the company believes the definitive goal of…