The Honda Insight a sub-mini car or compact car, no matter what size you consider it, the Insight is a hybrid electric car. It was Honda’s first Integrated Motor Assist system. Certified by the EPA [environmental protection agency] to get 61 MPG [miles per gallon]. Most hybrids use a somewhat different transmission type than conventional cars, GotTransmissions.com has Got affordable Honda Insight transmissions for sale, crated and ready to ship right now.
What type of transmission comes in a hybrid? Where is the transmission and power source located on such a vehicle? No worries, let us explain it in terms you understand.
Because it is a front wheel drive car, the setup is much like any gasoline or diesel powered front wheel drive car. The engine/transmission mounting system is called transverse mounting. Without getting into the detailed specifics. The engine and transmission are mounted sideways, there is an axle shaft coming out of the right side of the transaxle going to the right front drive wheel, and the equivalent on the left side.
An ingenious setup, the transmission and differential are mounted in the same case. Thus, we call it a transaxle, to be exact. Another smart move was to make much of the body and chassis out of aluminum to reduce overall weight. Hybrid cars tend to be heavy with all of the battery’s.
Only three different performance packages are available: a 5 speed manual shift transmission in models without air-conditioning: a manual transmission with vehicles that use automatic climate-control system: and a continuously variable transmission [CVT], as the automatic transmission choice.
The first generation of Insight had a conventional manual shift transmission. Starting with the 2001 model, a CVT variation for the Honda Insight was available; the CVT is similar to that used in the Honda Civic Hybrid and the Honda Logo.
A CVT allows for an unlimited amount of gearing ratios between its lowest gear and its highest ratios. A feature shared by most hybrids is the ability to automatically shut down the internal combustion engine [Atkinson cycle} when the vehicle is at a stop [and automatically restart it upon movement request].
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