11-18-2010, 10:23 AM
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Honda EV at LA Auto Show
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11-18-2010, 10:46 AM
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Awesome! I loved the Fit when I have looked at them. An EV version would be awesome.
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11-18-2010, 11:45 AM
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Annnnnd.... Honda is unwillingly dragged back into the EV game.
Notice the aero tweaks: Kamm-ish hatchback extension; and the squared off corners of the rear bumper cover.
from: http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/17...ersion-coming/ |
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11-18-2010, 12:43 PM
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11-18-2010, 02:00 PM
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And a grill block, too!
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Yeah, no really good reason for an EV to have a grill. I went to a car show a while back, which had some old rear-engine cars there. None of them had any grills at all. It was really unusual-looking to me.
The Tesla Roadster doesn't have a "grill", but does have an airscoop and MASSIVE radiator for the air conditioning and power electronics cooling.
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11-18-2010, 03:10 PM
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No grille needed or present on a classic 911.
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11-18-2010, 03:15 PM
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I would bet they put grilles on cars that don't actually need them -- not to mention "fake" oversize grilles on cars that do -- for reasons of "consumer acceptance".
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11-18-2010, 03:18 PM
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Annnnnd.... Honda is unwillingly dragged back into the EV game.
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LOL!....so true. Better dragged back in than not at all, I guess. |
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11-18-2010, 09:01 PM
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Of course a big disadvantage of using this platform is that it's not really visually distinct from the ICE Fit. You'd think Honda would have already learned that lesson from the Civic hybrid, which arguably led them to create the visually distinct (from other Hondas, yet still Prius-like) Insight II.
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11-18-2010, 10:50 PM
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I REALLY liked the look of the original Insight. It was distinct, memorable, and COOL!
The CR-Z is the car that fits that bill now. A battery electric version of the CR-Z would be a fantastic car. I think that in a two-seater, the focus tends to be on performance and sports-car-like characteristics.
I still SO want to see an EV CRX...
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