Hybrid Honda – A Closer Look
There has been a lot of discussion and action in the direction of saving and not using wastefully the planet’s energy resources. Car manufacturers have also adopted this “healthy” position and most of them have already done things to become green. One of these things that makes car manufacturers green is that they have adjusted the old models and made new models which are more economic. Thus the hybrid vehicle has become a sort of priority for many car makers, among which Honda is quite an important one. Honda has come up with a number of hybrid Honda cars. For a number of years Honda has brought us different variants of hybrid Honda vehicles like the Honda Insight, the Hybrid Honda Accord and others.
The Prius model that made the first hybrid Honda, is undergoing a revival process, and we’ll see the change at the Paris Motor Show this October. This hybrid Honda model with five seats, takes its styling cues from the 2007 Honda FCX Clarity which is car powered by hydrogen fuel cells. According to Honda officials the new Insight hybrid Honda will be cheaper than those of the competition, owing to the improvements and cost savings made possible through the company’s Integrated Motor Assist hybrid-drive system (IMA). Thus, if the initial Insight hybrid Honda produced between 1999 and 2006 was $50,000, the new hybrid Honda will come for a price between $30,000 and $35,000.
What is typical of the IMA system in the new hybrid Honda is that this is a parallel hybrid system composed of an electric engine placed between the engine and the transmission. Placed in this position, the IMA in the new hybrid Honda has the part of a starter-motor and engine balancer, also helping the gas engine under acceleration conditions. The hybrid Honda under discussion here includes technology that allows a very fuel efficient driving. This is represented by a gauge-read-out which shows real-time fuel consume. This gauge in the new hybrid Honda also recommends the best way to extract the maximum km out of a tank fuel.
The goal set by the producer consists in selling no less than 500,000 hybrid cars every year. The costs of the new hybrid Honda and its presence on the market for selling, though not discussed for Australia yet, has already been set for North America. Honda manufacturers are confident that the new hybrid Honda will have an undeniable advantage on the market due to the updated technology. The important advantage available with the new hybrid Honda lies in the combination of the more cost-efficient Integrated Motor Assist hybrid technology and the higher level of affordability which will definitely attract more customers all over the world.
