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'90 |
Legend becomes Japan's first vehicle with seatbelt pretensioners
and SRS airbags for both front seats.
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'91 |
| Ultra-fuel-efficient VTEC-E engine introduced in Civic. |
| Full-scale recovery of used bumpers begins. |
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'92 |
Honda Environment Statement stipulates environmental policies.
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'93 |
Honda's power product engines first in the world to meet California
emissions regulations.
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'94 |
Recovery and recycling of bumpers begins.
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'95 |
| Honda's gasoline vehicles first to meet California's ULEV (Ultra
Low Emissions Vehicle) standards. |
| In-wheel motor released. |
| Compact air craft engine test flights begin. |
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'96 |
| Intelligent Community Vehicle System (ICVS) displayed at Metropolis'96
Tokyo. |
| Humanoid robot prototype released. |
| Honda EV electric vehicle developed. |
| AR Combustion, an impr oved combustion system for 2-stroke
motorcycle engines, developed. |
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'97 |
| 360°-tilting ultra-compact 4-stroke engine released. |
| ZLEV (Zero Level Emissions Vehicle) technology released. |
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'98 |
G-CON vehicle collision safety technology released.
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'99 |
| Next-generation, 2.0-liter engine of fering both high output
and clean emissions released. |
| Civic GX receives Engine Environment Award. |
| FCX-V1 and FCX-V2 fuel cell vehicles released. |
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'00 |
| HiDS driver support system approved by Japanese Ministry of
Transport; testing on public roads begins. |
| World's first indoor car-to-car omnidirectional crash test
facility completed. |
| 2nd-generation pedestrian test dummy POLAR II with advanced
injury data measurement capability developed. |
| ASIMO humanoid robot released. |
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New-generation DOHC i-VTEC engine released.
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'01 |
| New-generation 1.3-liter 4-cylinder i-DSI engine released. |
| Rental of ASIMO to private enterprises begins. |
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'02 |
| Side-curtain airbags developed. |
| FCX fuel cell vehicle delivered in US and Japan. |
| Accord equipped with Honda Intelligent Driver Support System (HiDS) released. |
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'03 |
| Inspire equipped with world’s first Collision Mitigation Brake System released. |
| First test flight of HondaJet. |
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'04 |
| Honda and GE joined hands and formed a joint venture based around Honda’s originally developed HF118 jet engine. |
| World’s first Super Handling All-Wheel-Drive (SH-AWD) system announced. |
| Legend equipped with world’s first Intelligent Night Vision System released. |
| Pop-up hood that reduces collision impact to pedestrians developed. |
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'05 |
| A subsidiary of Honda R&D and Nagoya University becomes the world’s first to isolate a rice gene that dramatically increases crop yield. |
| World’s first mass-produced motorcycle with airbag system released. |
| ASV-3 Advanced Safety Vehicle completed. 1.8-liter i-VTEC engine that continuously optimizes camshaft phasing in response to driving conditions developed. |
| Agreement signed in U.S. to develop compact household cogeneration unit. |
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'06 |
| Plant-based BioFabric developed. |
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