Honda car maker to halt CNG vehicle production, eyes hydrogen: Reuters

By next year the car maker Honda will stop production of its Civic model which runs on natural gas as a consequence of declining gasoline prices but will focus its alternative fuel efforts on introducing a new hydrogen-fueled vehicle, said John Mendel, who heads the company’s US sales division, as reported by Reuters news agency on June 15.

Mendel told reporters in Detroit that as many as 16,000 natural gas-fueled Civic vehicles were sold since 1988 but only in a particular region of the US, according to the agency.

However, declining gasoline prices have made the natural gas alternative less attractive, according to the report.

The name of the hydrogen vehicle model to be introduced next year was not released. Mendel also told reporters that a fully electric vehicle is on the works for a 2018 introduction, the agency reported.

It was not possible to find any information on the Honda's website.