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Start poking it, and you get to experience the less pleasant side of what is otherwise an innovative hybrid system.

To describe its performance, the best keywords to use are 'relaxed' and 'linear'. The Accord Hybrid doesn't pretend to be a performance-oriented sedan, with the only exception being a 'Sports' button that just sharpens the throttle response. The i-MMD hybrid system is a very busy powertrain at highway cruising speeds. If there is enough juice in the battery pack, it can slip into EV mode for a kilometer. You can tell that the i-MMD hybrid system is a very busy powertrain at highway cruising speeds, although it doesn't bother you with what's going on under the hood. The engine runs at a low rpm and is assisted by the electric propulsion motor for short bursts of acceleration. Here, the 2.0L petrol engine is connected to the front axle via a computer-controlled clutch set at a fixed gear ratio emulating the efficiency of the final gear in a conventional gearbox. The transition from EV to Hybrid mode is smooth and not perceptible at most times.Ĭruising at triple digit speeds, the hybrid system will sometimes engage the third mode: Engine Drive.

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The transition from EV to Hybrid mode is smooth and not perceptible at most times, while the depleted battery is then recharged by regenerative braking whenever the driver lifts off the throttle or applies the brakes. Once the battery pack is nearly depleted, the engine fires to life and powers a small motor-generator to feed current to the electric propulsion motor, thus engaging the Hybrid Drive mode. It's not a PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle), so no marks lost for that. However, the silence is short-lived as its electric driving range is quite limited. By being gentle on the throttle pedal and setting off with ample charge in the battery pack, the Accord Hybrid is capable of driving in electric mode for up to 80 km/h. Straight line acceleration is linear and quite exhilarating, although that would deplete the small 1.3 kW/h Li-ion battery pack quickly and force the IC engine to chime in.

This could be useful if you need to sneak away from the house late at night without alarming anybody!Īlso, because the electric propulsion motor is always connected to the front axle, peak torque is available right from standstill. Like most new hybrids, don't expect a purr from the 2.0L Atkinson petrol engine upon startup the Accord Hybrid comes to life in EV (electric) mode, and drives off with smooth electric torque. And, in the conventional sense, it doesn't have a gearbox.

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To put it in a nutshell, the Accord's hybrid system can switch between series and parallel systems for maximum fuel efficiency. On paper, the Accord Hybrid is impressive: Fuel mileage of 23.1 km/L (ARAI-certified), long list of equipment and extremely good comfort levels.īeing a unique hybrid system, the Accord's i-MMD powertrain required a good portion of the press release and painful simplification by Honda executives to be detailed and understood. So read on to find out how one of my mornings was spent with the new Accord Hybrid. On paper, the Accord Hybrid seems to be impressive: Fuel mileage of 23.1 km/L (ARAI-certified), long list of equipment and a sharp exterior design, although not many people buy a car based on what it says in the brochure. I was curious to know how different is its performance and fuel efficiency to a regular Accord petrol on Indian roads.

What had caught my immediate attention was that the India-spec Honda Accord is now a fuel-sipping hybrid. The Honda Accord has changed quite a bit since we last saw it on Indian roads three years ago. And now it returns to India in its latest avatar, which required a heavy press release to elaborate the changes. Since we last saw it here in 2013 in its eighth gen form, the ninth gen Accord was already on sale in major global markets in the same year, embraced a facelift in 2015 and celebrated its 40th anniversary of global sales last July. New Accord goes green with a hybrid system.Īfter a long sabbatical, the Honda Accord has returned to India.

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