Scholfield Honda

Honda is planning to officially launch its own plug-in hybrid system next year. As far as which vehicle will be the first to get the all-new PHEV hybrid platform is concerned, your guess is as good as ours. Honda is still keeping their exact plans a little vague.

According to William Walton, Manager of Product Planning, Honda, the company is going to "see what happens with the plug-in vehicle architecture, and take learnings from that…

The Honda Fit has proven its more than capable of holding its own in today's hyper-competitive car market. In January 2011, it overtook the popular Toyota Prius gasoline-electric hybrid as Japan's top-selling car. The last time the Honda Fit was a top-seller was nearly two years ago. 

Honda indicates that January 2011 sales surged nearly 14 percent from January 2010, to 14,873 vehicles - about half of them hybrids. "It's better to…