So you will have a reason to buy a 2020
So you will have a reason to buy a 2020When driving this car I just want to know. WHY couldn’t they put in a bigger battery in this car that will hold a charge longer. I’ve only got full charge a few times so far and it seems to run out so fast. Why not a bigger battery or maybe two batteries ?
You gotta believe! It'll happen. Maybe not this year - maybe not in 2020, but it'll happen! It also might not be called an Insight. It'll probably be a Clarity FE. Sure, it'll look like s**t, but it'll be full electric. Yeah, um, I'll stick with my Insight. The range anxiety thing still gets to me.I'd kill for an electric model of the insight. I'd have a better chance of finding plutonium than ever seeing Honda make an electric model of the insight.
So when the battery get low does the car acceleration get worse or just the engine gets louder? (Potential buyer curiosities)When driving this car I just want to know. WHY couldn’t they put in a bigger battery in this car that will hold a charge longer. I’ve only got full charge a few times so far and it seems to run out so fast. Why not a bigger battery or maybe two batteries ?
It's the same as far as I can tell. Not like my 08 civic hybrid where I was scared to make left hand turns.. The only difference is that you will hear the engine work harder when the battery is low.. It charges up pretty quick though.So when the battery get low does the car acceleration get worse or just the engine gets louder? (Potential buyer curiosities)
Test drive is probably the best way to get a sense for what it sounds like, and whether it's acceptable to you. The initial pages of this thread on 'Engine Noise' offers some helpful advice from @sleewa and others on intentionally using the high voltage battery down to 3-4 bars, so you can hear the gas engine run/rev to recharge the battery. The LiIon battery charges pretty quickly as @Mobilcams mentioned, but this would give you just a few-minute sense of the battery/ICE relationship and load.So when the battery get low does the car acceleration get worse or just the engine gets louder? (Potential buyer curiosities)
Here's what the progression of battery specs look like for the Insight. The Gen3 is the first Lithium Ion HV battery:I suppose a better question I have is... WHY SUCH A SMALL BATTERY. I wouldn't even be looking into a larger battery if I didn't cap this one out a couple times per day. IIRC the battery is smaller than previous generations, and it's a bigger vehicle. We can barely go a mile on EV only. For local driving the small battery is fine, recharge/use, repeat. Longer commutes mean I recharge at speeds that EV isn't an option and fill that battery up. I run out of places to store those electrons and they get wasted. Does anybody have any 'Insight' about what the designers were planning?
The Insight does make you get hooked on EV driving. :wink: If you want a bigger battery you will need to look into a PHEV or BEV. I assume weight, safety, and cost vs benefit has to do with what size battery went inside the Insight. The battery is smaller than previous generation because it's under the rear seats instead of taking up trunk space.I know none of us want to void our warranties...
But within 3 years I'll be past that warranty.
I also wonder how difficult a mod would be to just add additional batteries. The stock battery is only 80lb. Adding a second one of the same wouldn't add much more weight. Frankly I get annoyed every time I get off the interstate and cap out my battery to 100% because then I know I am just wasting juice.
I suppose a better question I have is... WHY SUCH A SMALL BATTERY. I wouldn't even be looking into a larger battery if I didn't cap this one out a couple times per day. IIRC the battery is smaller than previous generations, and it's a bigger vehicle. We can barely go a mile on EV only. For local driving the small battery is fine, recharge/use, repeat. Longer commutes mean I recharge at speeds that EV isn't an option and fill that battery up. I run out of places to store those electrons and they get wasted. Does anybody have any 'Insight' about what the designers were planning?
Thanks!
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