Accord comes only as an RS hybrid, and it is very clever indeed.
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A 2.0L i-VTEC engine is coupled to a electric motors and an e-CVT automatic to power the front wheels. One electric motor acts as a generator and is only used to charge the battery which is found under the back seats. The other works with the petrol engine and the flow of power can be followed on the graphic in the driver dials.
Starting Accord is usually a silent affair. If there is enough power in the battery, the system stays in EV mode at low speeds, creeping through carparks as if stalking its prey. Like hybrids wearing other bdges, this one will switch between charging, regenerating, or power the front wheels with the electric motor and/or the petrol engine. It requires no plugging in, yet spends quite a great deal of time in EV mode. No one is kidding themselves about Accord being any kind of EV, but it is a great step for folk frightened of finding themselves foiled by faulty chargers.
Double pinion electric steering is incredibly light, and 335Nm of torque makes accelerating beefy without being thuggish. It is difficult to engineer the right amount of light-n-airiness into car without it feeling like a blancmange with a personality bypass. Accords road manners are perfect.
If pressed, the e-CVT has the engine sounding like it is changing through gears, but as we all know CVT automatics don’t have actual gears. Instead, Accord simulates ratios and has a lock-up-style function that eliminates the mindless tedium of the rubber band feeling that most CVTs inflict on hapless drivers.
Apart from all the usual driver and safety aids, wrapped within the cloak of the mysterious “Honda Sensing” is “Straight Driving Assist. “ At first, I thought this would not help a hopelessly bent gay man, but no, it is brilliant. When driving on a cambered road for example, the big Honda will help the driver with a hint of correction to keep things tidy.
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18 июн 2024
