Hybrid electric
In late 1999, Honda launched the first commercial hybrid electric car sold in the U.S. market , the Honda Insight, just one month before the introduction of the Toyota Prius, and initially sold for US$20,000.[52][53] The first-generation Insight was produced from 2000 to 2006 and had a fuel economy of 70 miles per US gallon (3.4 L/100 km; 84 mpg-imp) for the EPA's highway rating, the most fuel-efficient mass-produced car at the time.[52][53] Total global sales for the Insight amounted to only around 18,000 vehicles.[53]
Honda introduced the second-generation Insight in its home nation of Japan in February 2009, and released it in other markets through 2009 and in the U.S. market in April 2009. At $19,800 as a five-door hatchback it will be the least expensive hybrid available in the U.S.[54] Honda expects to sell 200,000 of the vehicles each year, with half of those sales in the United States.[55]
Since 2002, Honda has also been selling the Honda Civic Hybrid (2003 model) in the U.S. market,.[52] 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.[56]
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Subject: Hybrid electric 
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