400 hp, 42 mpg

[Zclyh3]

We all know that Honda engineers are among the best for performance WHILE attending to the needs of the environment. So far, Honda may very well be the best in the world that produces SLEV (Super Low-Emission Vehicles). With the entrance of the new Acura DN-X, Honda will be providing performance, as well as fuel economy and environmental benefits. Once this baby hits the streets, you're going to see a lot of people driving this car. Honda recognizes that with today's soaring gas prices, they are working hard to reduce fuel comsumption. High performance with low fuel comsumptioni will spark a flurry of buyers. Honda knows the public's interest. With an amazing 400hp hybrid engine V6, it's an all out sports car. I bet you if Honda worked on a V-8 engine, they can produce V-10 power in an V-8. I don't know why but Honda has always placed much emphasis in smaller engine cars. My friend says that Honda has the BEST engineers. BUT OF COURSE, he's biased. I'm not. I love everything from American classics to Japanese cars. I like variety.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Shantanu
Quite possibly, the fugliest car ever made.

Nobody is going to buy that thing. It's fuel cell/hybrid-electric/whatever technology will make it extremely expensive, and that's if buyers can look past the ugly toy-racer looks to actually consider the car. I doubt that over the car's life you'll be able to realize the fuel economy savings vs. the technology cost. And that's contingent on people buying sports cars actually giving a sh|t about fuel economy, which they don't.

The purpose is NOT fuel economy. It's meant as a technology demonstration, to show that hybrid is not just for compacts. People will buy it, just like people buy Ferraris.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Zclyh3
We all know that Honda engineers are among the best for performance WHILE attending to the needs of the environment. So far, Honda may very well be the best in the world that produces SLEV (Super Low-Emission Vehicles). With the entrance of the new Acura DN-X, Honda will be providing performance, as well as fuel economy and environmental benefits. Once this baby hits the streets, you're going to see a lot of people driving this car. Honda recognizes that with today's soaring gas prices, they are working hard to reduce fuel comsumption. High performance with low fuel comsumptioni will spark a flurry of buyers. Honda knows the public's interest. With an amazing 400hp hybrid engine V6, it's an all out sports car. I bet you if Honda worked on a V-8 engine, they can produce V-10 power in an V-8. I don't know why but Honda has always placed much emphasis in smaller engine cars. My friend says that Honda has the BEST engineers. BUT OF COURSE, he's biased. I'm not. I love everything from American classics to Japanese cars. I like variety.

The next NSX is reportedly going to have a V8.

 

[Zenmervolt]

I don't know why but Honda has always placed much emphasis in smaller engine cars.

The founder of Honda was an efficiency nut. He valued efficiency over just about everything, and in his view giving a car any more power than it needed to be useful wasn't a good idea. This is at least part of the reason that it took so long for a car wearing a Honda badge to get a V6. (Acura was another matter.)

ZV

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: Shantanu
Quite possibly, the fugliest car ever made.

Nobody is going to buy that thing. It's fuel cell/hybrid-electric/whatever technology will make it extremely expensive, and that's if buyers can look past the ugly toy-racer looks to actually consider the car. I doubt that over the car's life you'll be able to realize the fuel economy savings vs. the technology cost. And that's contingent on people buying sports cars actually giving a sh|t about fuel economy, which they don't.

ummm... you do realize that not every mass produced car is painted the same way as the time when(if) it was rolling out as a concept car tech demo. Imagine if the entire car was one color... it wouldn't look half bad at all

 

[0roo0roo]

hm yea, the honda dualnote concept i saw before was one color i think.

 

[raptor13]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: raptor13
The batteries will always need some outside charging. No matter how much regenerative charging the brakes can provide, it will never be equal to the amount of charge the batteries output to get a car up to the speed it starting braking. There will always be energy loss in the system because no system is (nor can it be) perfect.

That would be true if the batteries were responsible for all of the vehicle power, but like the current toyota and honda cars you can buy here, the batteries are not used for that. When real work has to be done the engine gets going and if the batteries are low the engine will take over.

That's true, I didn't think of that before. If the gasoline motor is helping to accelerate the car then at any given velocity the magnitude of the kinetic energy the car has would be greater than the magnitude of the potential energy the batteries put out. Still, though, there would have to be enough kinetic energy to overcome the inefficiencies of all the systems though, with the gasoline motor providing 3/4 of the power, I'm sure that wouldn't be a problem.

ummm... the gas motor charges the batteries...

And you, sir, don't know how hybrid cars work. A gasoline motor is inefficient. You use that to power a generator during which you lose energy. You use the generator to charge the batteries during which you lose energy. You lose energy during the entire process at every step so, consequently, that is not the best way to do things in a car.