Quote:
Originally Posted by minispeed
That's what I meant by "updating it". Yes the placement of the electric motor is nothing like the earlier systems, but the way in which it uses just 1 electric motor and the fact that there are various gear ratios with a real transmission is.
|
The change from a traditional CVT belt system to a dual-clutch fixed ratio gearbox is quite radical, and the fact that the electric motor can use the gear shaft not currently used by the ICE as if it were a separate gearbox (in a sense it is) is pure brain candy.
I wish it were an update! I'd have it retrofitted in my Insight at the first chance 
__________________
2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
  lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile.
For confirmation go to people just like you.
For education go to people unlike yourself.
|