Are you sure? I've inspected both of the Insights in town up close (their
owners are quite proud of them -- they're cute cars), and both have the
Nissan logo. Maybe Nissan OEM'ed an initial batch of Insights for Honda?
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian J White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:11801] Re: Hybrid cars
> Uhh..that would be Honda's hybrid called the Insight.
>
> At 14:15 2001-03-24 -0900, you wrote:
> >And don't forget Nissan's hybrid car called the Insight. They are being
> >sold in the US already (I've seen two of them in Fairbanks).
> >
> >
> >Jason
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 6:38 AM
> >Subject: [USMA:11793] Hybrid cars
> >
> >
> >> For all those who got used to expressing the car's
> >> engine power in horsepower, these 2 cars may be a big
> >> surprise.
> >>
> >> Toyota and Honda are selling hybrid cars
> >> (gasolene/electric) which can run on both the fuels.
> >>
> >> The Toyota Prius has 70 horsepower with an additional
> >> 25 kw of power from electric batteries while Honda
> >> Insight has 67 horsepower with additional 10 kw from
> >> batterie.
> >>
> >> Had the Americans used kilowatts for the power of car,
> >> it could have been easier to convince the people
> >> about the benefits of such a car. Its high time for
> >> the American car companies to switch over to kw, since
> >> they are planning to bring their version of hybrid
> >> cars by 2003.
> >>
> >> Madan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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