Honda's All-New Honda Insight Hybrid: Fuel Economy Similar to Civic Hybrid

What's Under the hood of the Honda Insight Hybrid?
Honda will be using a new version of its IMA system, which can also be found in its other hybrids.

The 1.3 litre Insight is powered by Honda's acclaimed IMA system, which has been extensively modified to reduce its cost and weight. With careful engineering of key components and refinement of manufacturing processes, the cost of the hybrid system has been significantly reduced. This ensures that Insight can be sold at a very competitive price without compromising ability, quality, environmental performance or profitability.

We really wish Honda would've gone with a series hybrid design (like the GM Volt or Fisker Karma) that can be plugged in, or even a parallel hybrid system like Toyota's, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards for now.

Batteries will still be NiMH. Lets hope that Honda will upgrade them to lithium-ion or another advanced chemistry that can hold more power sometime in mid-cycle.

Pricing of the Honda Insight Hybrid
Price is expected to be around $18,500, which would make it significantly cheaper than the Toyota Prius (though when the redesigned Prius comes out, it might still be more expensive, but maybe MPG will be much better - especially when we get a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius). The official price hasn't been released yet, though.

Via Honda, AutoBlog, Jalopnik, Green Car Congress
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