The Midlands Hybrid Club

Promoting the spread of clean personal transportation technologies.

 
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RSS Full Feed fixed again

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The RSS Feed is now sending out the full articles again, there was a configuration error where the site had been set to only show previews of articles in RSS reader software.  I want to thank all the members who read this site in an RSS reader more often than a web browser for their patience while I resolved this issue.

 

Kacey Green
for the Midlands Hybrid Club
"Promoting the spread of clean personal transportation technologies."

Honda Claimed I was making unsubstantiated claims by posting my mileage records, so I removed them from my signature.

 

2009 Insight Product photo

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2010 Honda Insight, HIII No sooner did I promise more information on the 2010 Insight II, than Honda could prep a press release!  Here’s a sample shot, this site isn’t authorized with Honda Press yet, GRLT.com / FLhybrid.com has all the details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kacey Green
for the Midlands Hybrid Club
"Promoting the spread of clean personal transportation technologies."

 

Insight IMA Battery and controller swap

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Honda InsightPege G. Had a light come on in her 1st generation Honda Insight, with over 100,000 miles.  The problem was that her battery controller was no longer operating within parameters.  Honda replaced the controller under warranty but also replaced her high voltage battery pack under warranty we assume they wanted to tear it apart and inspect how the technology handles real-world usage rather than lab tests.  This isn’t a foreign concept to the Asian manufacturers, they often buy back cars for inspection, or replace parts with brand new parts so they can get the old ones under the microscope.

I will get you more information on the 2010 Insight Second Generation (InsightII) as I get it or after any NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) expire.

A photo gallery of the process is located behind the “read more” link

 

Why do speedometers go to 160mph?

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2009 Accord Speedomter

TreeHugger asks: Why Do Speedometers Go To 160MPH?

A great way to get all the testosterone soaked hard core engineers who hate whining environmentalists wound up is to say something nice about Jimmy Carter, but here is another eminently sensible thing he did: He capped the maximum speed on speedometers in cars at 85 MPH.

Tom Vanderbilt thinks it affects the way we drive. "even knowing that these numbers bear little relationship to reality, we’re affected by the visual display. No matter how fast we drive, the needle is always less than halfway up the dial, indicating there’s still plenty of room for acceleration. That remaining space may even goad us into testing the limits by going faster."

In these times of limited resources and soaring fuel prices (current temporary dip excepted)  Having the gauges go this high is promoting irresponsibility.  I’m not advocating that the automakers do anything in particular as the first one to drop their numbers would be at a disadvantage.  Having numbers this large is just too tempting for some folks and I must say that the ~120 on my first car did get me thinking racy thoughts on more than a few occasions, although common sense did take over before I did something stupid.

 

Four Civic Hybrids available!

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We have 3 new Hybrids There are three 2009 Honda Civic Hybrids available at Midlands Honda!

On the far left we have the Polished Metal, in the Center is the Spectrum White, and on the right is Atomic Blue.  There is also a pre-owned 2007.  All four of these hybrids are standard equipment.

Photo Galleries:

Spectrum White Pearl

I can make a gallery on the Atomic Blue, Polished Metal or Pre-Owned Taffeta White if you want.

 

48 State World Record Tour

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SE members, meet/clinic Friday Nov 28th, Columbia SC

There will be a meet at the Midlands Honda Dealership located in Columbia, SC just off I-77, exit 22 to Killian Rd on the morning of the 28th of November, that is the day after Thanksgiving.

Wayne Gerdes is the founder of www.cleanmpg.com and coined the term "hypermiling" will be stopping in Columbia, SC with two of his team mates, Justin and Jennie, while breaking the cross country MPG  record in a 2009 Honda HCHII.

There will be a www.cleanmpg.com multistate meet, presentation and then a clinic on Hypermiling  in a Honda HCHII provided by Kacey Green.

You don't have to be a member of www.cleanmpg.com to join us and learn about safe and efficient driving skills but you will want to when you leave. It's free. {More after the jump}

 

First FAQ Article: Signing up for the Club

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Registering as a member of the Hybrid Club or the Hybrid Owners’ Club

I have had a few people tell me that when they got to the site they did not know how to sign-up for an account here. To register, in the top right section of this site there is a section for logging in to your account; to create an account just click the link indicated in the graphic provided.

 

Kacey Green
for the Midlands Hybrid Club
"Promoting the spread of clean personal transportation technologies."

 

2008 HCHII Battery compartment Photo Gallery

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Wayne Gerdes requested pictures of the battery compartment of the Honda Civic Hybrid, so here they are.  These pictures come from a car of a customer of mine who had XM radio installed.  The vehicle is a 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid CVT base trim.

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This shows the shielding on the outside of the battery compartment for the Civic Hybrid.

 

I still haven't turned on the computer that is holding my pictures of the actual battery pack, I'll do that eventually and post the pictures here.  (More pictures after the jump)

 

 
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