honda hybrid - The first auto alternatives for the 21-st century

Honda Accord Hybrid: Nowadays the development trend and increasing interest in protecting the environment, and saving the Earth’s energy resources by wasting as little as possible has materialized at least in the auto making’s field. We are talking about the appearance of a new vehicle’s type: the hybrid. Honda is the one of car manufacturers that have committed to this approach, coming up with a number of hybrid cars such as Honda Insight or Honda Accord Hybrid. This Honda Accord Hybrid was built between 2005 and 2007 by Marysville, Ohio and Sayama, Japan.

The newer models of the Honda Accord Hybrid are Honda Accord Diesel and Honda FCX Clarity. The Honda Accord Hybrid’ class is mid-size. This is actually a 4 door sedan with an FF layout. It relies on a 3.0L V6 engine with a 5-speed automatic transmission. The other features of the Honda Accord include the wheelbase of 107.9 in, the length of 189.5 in (in 2005) and 191.1 in (in 2006 – 07), the width of 71.4 in (in 2005) and 71.7 in (in 2006 – 07), the height of 57.0 in (in 2005) and 57.2 in (in 2006 – 07). Honda Accord and Honda Inspire are the other vehicles that has related to the Honda Accord Hybrid.

Honda Accord Hybrid mentioned is a hybrid combination of the North American Honda Accord which was provided in 2005 – 2007 model years. This vehicle model followed the other hybrid models from the Honda manufacturers: Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda Insight Hybrid. This Accord – third in the line of Honda hybrids, was valued $3,000 more than the Accord EX V6 and it maintained the same trim and quality levels, except the 2005 model which didn’t have the power sunroof. Thus, the Honda Accord Hybrid holds at the top position of the Honda lineup.

This hybrid car has an equal displacement as compared to the conventional Accord V6 (7^th generation) power plant; yet the Honda Accord Hybrid’s horse power peculiarity of this vehicle is comes from the Honda Odyssey Minivan model of 2005. This vehicle has the capacity to shut down 3 out of the 6 cylinders in order to save fuel, but only under certain conditions. This technology regarding the cylinders is known as VCM or Variable Cylinder Management and it was patented by Honda. The engine of this vehicle features iVTEC technology and also provides a very modern compact transmission. This new transmission specificity makes the insertion of the electric motor inserted between the transmission train and the gas engine. The fuel economy in this Honda Accord Hybrid was initially rated at 29 mpg in the city and 37 mpg on the highway. With such huge properties, it’s no wonder that the Honda Accord Hybrid won the Canadian Car of the Year Best New Alternative Power Award in 2005.

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By: Johan Young

Hybrid technology has come a long way since Toyota released the Prius. Sales substantially picked up in the market prompting other automobile companies to make their own hybrids. Following in the footsteps of Toyota in 1997 Honda made its own hybrid. The Honda Insight was a moderate success. Although it was a fuel efficient car it had different technology under the hood. The hybrid technology was new at that time and the public perceived the Insight to look to odd to be driven around the city.

Honda then turned to one of its famous compact sedans. The Honda Civic hybrid was released in a hybrid version in 2003. The design was pretty much the same with the conventional Honda Civic incorporated with Honda’s own hybrid technology.

Honda Civic Hybrid

The first generation Honda Civic hybrid came out in 2003. It operates with a different hybrid technology compared to the Toyota Prius which is the basic template for all hybrids. Instead of the hybrid synergy system, the Honda Civic hybrid uses an Integrated Motor Assist system that was also used in the Insight.

The first generation was produced from 2003 to 2005. It has a 1.3 liter lean burn internal combustion engine with Honda’s VTEC cylinder cut-off system. This allows 3 cylinders to stop operating while decelerating which reduces friction losses. This in turn creates a more effective way of regenerating energy. It has a 15 kW permanent magnet motor which also serves a generator for recharging the batteries. It also has a 120 V nickel metal hydride battery, 5 speed manual transmission, regenerative braking, electric power steering, and low rolling resistance tires.

The second generation was also equipped with the same thing with a few changes. A high profile camshaft was added, fourth generation Integrated Motor Assist and third stage VTEC and Variable Cylinder

Management replaced the previous ones. It has a satellite-linked navigation system and an audio system that supports mp3 and WMA. It also comes in with an average fuel consumption regulator. An idle stop feature automatically shuts off the engine in idle periods.

The second generation was also an improvement from the first one which used lean burn engine.

Honda has stopped producing Civic hybrids to replace them with smaller and affordable types to compete with Toyota. Nonetheless previous the second generation proved to be a worthy competitor to the Prius. Although they may differ in terms of technology, fuel efficiency was still attained.

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