Honda Insight coming back as cheap $18,500 hybrid?

Platapus · 08-05-08, 09:13 PM

A diesel electric series engine car is what I am waiting for. Peugeot is coming out with one but you can't buy them in the US.

Zachstar · 08-05-08, 10:44 PM

How to sell a car in the future.

#1 Rip out fuel burning engine

#2 Install AC motor

#3 Install EEstor, Or Li-ion batteries that use different Anodes or Cathodes to reduce cost and risk..

#4 Install support equipment..

#5 Make an Ad

#6 Profit...

For battery tech read this interesting blog post http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/19/184014/140

baggygreen · 08-06-08, 12:41 AM

Same deal as with the Zenn,

if they export it to australia and sell it at a reasonable price, i'll be right there

UnderseaLcpl · 08-06-08, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

A diesel electric series engine car is what I am waiting for. Peugeot is coming out with one but you can't buy them in the US.

Is there any chance it will be powered by 2 supercharged Germaniawerft, 6 cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels ? I might buy one then.

JALU3 · 08-07-08, 12:29 AM

Back in the days the insight use to be a rare sight, still is today. But for those who own those electric 2 seat hatchbacks, they got some of the best gas mileage for a production vehicle . . . and still hold that record. With the advent of the new afordable vehicle market at around 18,000 . . . a hybrid in that field isn't a bad idea.
If only they put more hybrids in the fields that can see a large % boast in terms of gas mileage . . . Vans, Trucks, and off-road utility vehicles. Believe it or not there is a need for these vehicles in certain segments of the population. And for them an additional 3-6 miles per gallon would be a much larger fuel mileage increase in comparison.

Task Force · 08-07-08, 12:35 AM

I think I like my dads Dodge ram 1500 V8 Gas guzzler more. Not mutch on cars.

Unless there older mustangs.

Or a Baracuda.

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08-05-08, 09:13 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,382 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	A diesel electric series engine car is what I am waiting for. Peugeot is coming out with one but you can't buy them in the US. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-05-08, 10:44 PM	#2
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	How to sell a car in the future. #1 Rip out fuel burning engine #2 Install AC motor #3 Install EEstor, Or Li-ion batteries that use different Anodes or Cathodes to reduce cost and risk.. #4 Install support equipment.. #5 Make an Ad #6 Profit... For battery tech read this interesting blog post http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/19/184014/140 __________________

08-06-08, 12:41 AM	#3
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Same deal as with the Zenn, if they export it to australia and sell it at a reasonable price, i'll be right there

08-07-08, 12:29 AM	#5
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Back in the days the insight use to be a rare sight, still is today. But for those who own those electric 2 seat hatchbacks, they got some of the best gas mileage for a production vehicle . . . and still hold that record. With the advent of the new afordable vehicle market at around 18,000 . . . a hybrid in that field isn't a bad idea. If only they put more hybrids in the fields that can see a large % boast in terms of gas mileage . . . Vans, Trucks, and off-road utility vehicles. Believe it or not there is a need for these vehicles in certain segments of the population. And for them an additional 3-6 miles per gallon would be a much larger fuel mileage increase in comparison. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

08-07-08, 12:35 AM	#6
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think I like my dads Dodge ram 1500 V8 Gas guzzler more. Not mutch on cars. Unless there older mustangs. Or a Baracuda. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"