Quite positive. Ive seen tons of them around, and one of my best friend
owns one. They are Hondas.
To my knowledge, Nissan has no plans to hop on the hybrid bandwagon yet.
Remember they were just saved by Renault......and Honda loses money on
every Insight they sell.
At 14:32 2001-03-24 -0900, James J. Wentworth wrote:
>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?
>
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>
>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
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>> 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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