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Hybrid honda
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:40 pm
by scooter steve
I have heard that honda are to.produce a hybrid scooters has anyone else seen anything about hybrids
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:05 pm
by MKE PCX
I've heard nothing about this but I'd definitely be interested in one.
That picture is very confusing though. It looks like the carb is hooked up to the hybrid battery. That can't be right.
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 1:10 am
by you you
MKE PCX wrote:I've heard nothing about this but I'd definitely be interested in one.
That picture is very confusing though. It looks like the carb is hooked up to the hybrid battery. That can't be right.
It just looked like a bizarre filter to me
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:46 am
by scooter steve
The air duct looks like cooling for the batteries 2017 is when we are supposed to see this
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:01 am
by gn2
Where did you get the picture from, do you have a link?
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:57 am
by scooter steve
It came from a member on a Facebook page uk honda pcx
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:06 am
by gn2
Would be good to know the real source of the picture because without the supporting text its pretty much meaningless on its own.
Honda have been mucking around with hybrids for a long time, but what this picture represents is a mystery.
http://world.honda.com/news/2004/2040824_02.html
http://www.gizmag.com/go/3115/
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:37 am
by scooter steve
I like a mystery it brings out my inner Shaggy Rodgers
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:57 am
by sendler2112
Probably nonsense. That would add $2-3,000US to the price of a PCX.
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:20 pm
by you you
scooter steve wrote:I like a mystery it brings out my inner Shaggy Rodgers
Rogers
Norville Rogers
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:44 pm
by iceman
Hybrid fuel cells are usually costly to replace/exchange, for cars anyway.
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:00 pm
by sendler2112
Well it obviously wouldn't be a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. You must be thinking battery. The latest battery technology costs about $0.75/ Wh retail and basically lasts forever in a hybrid because they are never operated anywhere near full or empty. I suppose it would be pretty easy to put a hub motor for the front wheel of an otherwise normal PCX and put a 1kWh battery under the seat. For about $2,000. For 5 extra hp that would last 20 minutes.
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:54 am
by iceman
So, what, if this came to fruition, would it give you, in theory.
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:00 am
by sendler2112
Slightly better fuel economy in stop and go traffic from the recovered energy when braking. And 5hp extra for a few minutes at a time to get up a hill or bomb through a short superhighway section.
Re: Hybrid honda
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:18 pm
by you you
sendler2112 wrote:Slightly better fuel economy in stop and go traffic from the recovered energy when braking. And 5hp extra for a few minutes at a time to get up a hill or bomb through a short superhighway section.
Wow, you are on the inside track. Does Honda know you are letting their data go?