06.14.07
Ikea switches to Honda’s Civic Hybrids
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With an aim to cut its carbon emissions by 9% by 2010, home furnishings retailer Ikea has announced plans to switch its fleet of company cars to Honda’s Civic Hybrid.
The company, with 15 stores in the UK, has already purchased 50 units and intends to replace the remaining 50 cars in the fleet next year. Ikea has also said it will be testing electric delivery vehicles at its new town centre store in Coventry, to be opened later this year.
John Kingston, environment manager at Honda (UK), said “Ikea’s commitment to replace its entire fleet with Civic Hybrids is a real-life endorsement of the car and the excellent benefits it offers. In terms of cost, fuel efficiency and low emission driving the Civic Hybrid really stacks up.”