Sunnyside Honda

Honda is a household name and produces everything from motorcycles to generators. But now the Japanese auto maker is showing off a new side of their production line-up; The company is selling a private jet.

The dubbed HondaJet is the first venture into aviation for Honda. Like it does with its cars and motorcycles, Honda is saying that HondaJet incorporates "many technological advances in aviation design."

Among those advances are engines mounted above the wing instead of below, like on typical jet liners. Honda says this engine configuration significantly reduces drag, improving fuel efficiency, cuts noise pollution on the ground…

Honda hopes to create a full line up of plug-in (electric) vehicles for model year 2012. They've only announced plans to sell a battery-run electric car in the United States to meet legal requirements in California, arguing their batteries were too expensive to be practical. There won't be

The Japanese motor company is looking to raise the ratio of hybrid vehicles to greater than 10% of total production by 2015. The car maker already hopes to have several electric vehicles going within two years.


On the opposite side of alternative fuels, Honda has been a strong proponent of…