HR-V’S e:HEV TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS OPTIMAL BLEND OF EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE

 

• All-new HR-V functions Honda’s two-motor hybrid technological know-how as standard
• e:HEV technique offers an ideal balance of gasoline economy, small emissions and dynamic efficiency
• Technological know-how attracts on in excess of 20 a long time of hybrid encounter in road cars and know-how from Formula 1®
• Honda will electrify all its mainstream designs in Europe by the stop of 2022

 

Honda has announced that the all-new HR-V, which is set to go on sale throughout Europe from late 2021, will entirely be outfitted with the company’s highly developed e:HEV hybrid powertrain. By introducing the verified powertrain to the compact SUV, a new blend of performance and efficiency has been released to this very competitive class.

 

The following-era HR-V’s e:HEV powertrain makes a full energy output of 96kW (131PS), coupled with 253Nm of torque. The outcome is an easy and comfy journey, whether travelling by way of urban areas or cruising at superior speed on motorways. Its gasoline-successful hybrid technique makes CO₂ emissions from 122 g/km (WLTP) and gasoline economy of 5.4L /100km (WLTP), when also accelerating the HR-V from standstill to 62 mph / one hundred km/h in ten.six seconds.

 

The all-new HR-V is the most current product to sign up for the e:HEV household, signing up for the CR-V and Jazz in becoming accessible only with a hybrid powertrain. With no require to plug-in and demand, the HR-V is appropriate for just about every driving scenario, combining the responsive efficiency and performance of an electrical vehicle with the usability and versatility of conventional petrol and diesel driven cars.

 

e:HEV: small emissions, responsive efficiency

The highly developed e:HEV hybrid powertrain offers a exclusive entire hybrid encounter, profitable acclaim throughout Europe for combining powerful efficiency with superior degrees of real-earth performance and refinement. The technique is composed of two compact, highly effective electrical motors that perform alongside an Atkinson-cycle one.5-litre DOHC i-VTEC petrol motor, a lithium-ion battery and an modern preset-gear transmission coupled to an intelligent energy handle unit.

 

The e:HEV powertrain is previously verified to create a class-finest ratio of gasoline economy to acceleration in the new Jazz. Its application in the HR-V makes use of a very similar arrangement for equally impressive performance, as revisions to the internal-combustion and IPU have resulted in an maximize in torque. The number of battery cells has also been revised, rising from 48 to 60 to account for the HR-V’s more substantial dimensions, and to permit higher storage and deployment of electrical energy in excess of the 80kW Jazz. Irrespective of this more substantial battery mobile dimensions, interior space has not been compromised many thanks to intelligent engineering of the battery pack. Even more revisions to the powertrain include things like a reduction in the gear ratio involving the electrical motor and wheels, to cumulatively increase acceleration and the HR-V’s dynamic efficiency.

 

What sets the e:HEV technique aside is how its three drive modes seamlessly interchange to make certain optimum efficiency of every single element in each urban and motorway driving. The intelligent Electronic Command Unit immediately, and regularly, cycles involving Electrical Drive, Hybrid Drive or Engine Drive dependent on which is the most gasoline-successful drive method at that particular driving scenario.

 

When driving at a constant superior-speed, such as on the freeway, the technique operates on motor drive as that is the most successful for that situation. If additional acceleration is needed, such as when overtaking, the auto will switch to hybrid drive for that additional efficiency boost. On top of that, when in Hybrid Drive, energy from the petrol motor-pushed generator can be diverted to recharge the battery, featuring additional performance rewards.

 

‘Sport’ method can be activated by way of the drive selector, enabling even sharper throttle reaction, whilst ‘Econ’ method adjusts the air conditioning technique and throttle reaction for an emphasis on gasoline performance. In addition to ‘Normal’ method, where the auto is finest balanced involving each worlds, drivers can switch throughout all driving modes at the toggle of a switch.

 

For an increased EV-like encounter, drivers can also choose B-vary from the transmission, which offers selectable degrees of strength restoration when coasting or braking. The degree of strength recovery and the ensuing toughness of the deceleration effect can be considerably increased in excess of the regular D-vary, by working with the paddles guiding the steering wheel

 

The transfer involving these drive modes – such as the start of the motor to crank out electrical energy – is almost unnoticeable to the occupants. Fairly than working with a typical energy break up technique with a planetary gearbox which leads to superior degrees of friction, the preset gear transmission makes a great deal less resistance by way of minimised gearing, in the long run consuming less strength when driving purely electrical

 

Owing to this, Honda’s very successful technique achieves a higher ratio of gathered electrical drive time when driving in towns than other hybrids on sale nowadays.

 

Making use of Formula 1® hybrid abilities

Working with engineering abilities from its motorsport group, Honda’s race-profitable Formula one Hybrid Power Unit programme has inspired the technological know-how in the e:HEV hybrid technique to provide unrivalled degrees of strength performance on the road. As a consequence, the new e:HEV HR-V offers excellent performance and energy output in a wide vary of driving conditions.

 

Hybrid heritage

The original 1999 Honda Perception established Honda as a earth leader in hybrid technological know-how. The to start with hybrid product from any producer to be marketed in Europe, it released the brand’s Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) technique, which relied mostly on the motor and referred to as on electrical motor support and brake strength recuperation when needed to improve acceleration and cut down gasoline usage. Honda has continued to acquire its hybrid technological know-how, and the highly developed two-motor e:HEV technique is now used in the Jazz, CR-V, all-new HR-V and impending eleven^th-era Civic.

 

The all-new HR-V e:HEV will be accessible in Europe from late 2021. Shoppers can sign up their interest now at https://www.honda.co.british isles/cars/new/hr-v-hybrid/hr-v-sign up-interest/sign up-interest.html

 

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