2010 Honda Insight Hybrid

Honda Insight Hybrid (2010) has made its world debut at the NAIAS. The 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid is powered by a 1.3-liter SOHC aluminum-alloy i-VTEC engine combined with the Honda’s IMA hybrid system for exceptional fuel economy and fun-to-drive performance.

As have been said by the company that the 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid can get a 40/43 miles per gallon fuel economy and features the latest generation of the Integrated Motor Assist technology.

Honda Insight Hybrid (2010) comes equipped with standard features such as automatic climate control, two-tier digital instrument panels, mirrors and door locks, a tilting and telescoping steering wheel, and many more.

2010 Honda Insight Hybrid which had been premiered in Detroit comes with the Ecological Drive Assist System that combines various functions that help the driver get a better mileage.

2010 Honda Insight Hybrid price is below the Honda Civic Hybrid price and will be available in U.S. showrooms in the beginning of April 2009.

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2009 Honda Civic Hybrid

Honda released today the complete details of the 2009 Honda Civic in both coupe and sedan body styles and of the 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid. The 2009 Honda Civic sedan and coupe is powered by a 1.8 liter in-line 4-cylinder engine that’s good for 140 hp at 6300 rpm and 128 lb.-ft. of torque at 4300 rpm.

The 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid gets its power from a combination between a 1.3-liter i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine and a 15 kilowatt electric motor that together develop 110 hp at 6000 rpm and 123 lb-ft. of torque between 1000 and 2500 rpm.

Visually, the 2009 Honda Civic and it’s Hybrid brother received a new exterior styling, with a new front bumper cover and grille design and new headlight and taillight color combinations.

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Honda Civic FFV

Honda’s heritage is rooted in research, technological developments, and a longstanding commitment to provide environmentally sustainable transport. That is why Honda have tried and tested all kinds of options solar vehicles, electric motors, fuel cell and hybrid technology. So it is not surprising that Honda is working on biofuel cars, too.

Honda firmly believes that the most effective way to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in the context of the current UK market is essentially hybrid technology. That’s because from infrastructure and the product is already available now. Looking ahead, their long-term solution is the fuel cell vehicle FCX, which runs on compressed hydrogen and emits nothing but water.

So, you may wonder why Honda is developing a FFV? Well, in countries like Brazil, biofuels market is well established and fueling an extensive infrastructure already exists. Aware of the potential for environmental gains to be reaped development of biofuels, in September 2006, Honda announced that it had created a new flexible fuel vehicle system (FFV) Gasoline engines which can operate on 100% ethanol or a wide range of ethanol gasoline blends.

There are two versions of FFV currently on sale in Brazil, a Civic FFV and Fit FFV. Both can run up to 85% ethanol.

So far, changes in the proportion of ethanol to gasoline have affected low-temperature start-up performance, and variations due to the air / fuel and engine power. This has been a challenge to maintain stable performance, fuel economy and emissions.

Based on measurements of the concentrations of exhaust fumes, Honda FFV system adapts to different ethanol gasoline ratios in the ethanol blend gasoline. This gives the flexibility of the FFV to run on ethanol to gasoline ratios between 20% and 100%, while still pending the achievement of the fuel economy and dynamic performance on a footing equality with 100% gasoline-powered vehicles. To ensure reliability even starting to cold, a secondary fuel tank was added.