I wish the Clarity was more Voltish

I didn't think you can lock your keys in the car- if you try the car beeps. that is why there is no unlock in the app

 

Note that the detent only works in ECON Mode. In NORMAL Mode and SPORT Mode, the ICE starts before the accelerator pedal reaches the click point. It might have been nice had the click point been adjustable for each mode, but at least the Clarity DOES give you a way to control ICE activation.

 

You should have added the qualifier "IMO" to this statement because without that it implies "fact, period" to many readers.

GM tried to go the range extender route (like the BMW i3) with a strong EV and weak ICE as generator but in reality needed the ICE to help with propulsion too. As a former Volt owner, I gladly take the only slightly softer EV attributes of the Clarity over all the cons of the Volt. YMMV

You know how you can tell a salesdroid isn't telling you the whole truth? Their lips move.

I just hit 64 miles estimated this week! Mainly urban driving.

Agreed. Easily the best feeling brakes of any PHEV, BEV, or HEV I've owned or driven.

Yup, just ask the hypermiler crowd who live for this stuff.

Coasting or better put, gliding, is positioning/feathering the pedal with there is no regen or propulsion happening and only air and rolling resistance are decreasing the vehicles speed. I assume this is when the Clarity's power meter display is at zero; need a scanguage or similar to verify. Prius displays are well known for showing this.

That's not what he said. Regen isn't great in ultimate terms of efficient driving. Again, just ask the hypermiler crowd.

Nope. Gliding (zero power flow in/out) is better for efficiency. If you have to slow down more quickly, then regen is MUCH better than friction braking.

Yup. In terms of pedal travel, my C-Max Energi doesn't and in Auto or sometimes even in EV-only mode it can activate the ICE without warning. The detent is a smart feature and a good coaching aid.

 

I meant the heat is wasted to the driver, since it can't be used and it could have been avoided.

 

Don't make Car groups the "last bastion of factual incorrectness". You may offend some of our active members who do not identify as "guys".

 

You go, girl!

 

BTW, “carbon based life forms” discriminates against artificial intelligence. Shame on you, sir.

 

Just going with the "car guy" vibe.

 

Yesterday I read a Twitter post that had selected lyrics from the song Woodstock:

We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden...

In spite of hearing the song a billion times, neither Karen nor I had ever made out that second line!

 

The Clarity phev is about the same size as a Toyota Camry, but yet larger on the inside, passenger and cargo space. The Camry has 0 plug in EV miles versus the 47 on the Clarity. That means Honda squeezed 47 EV miles into the same space as a Camry sized vehicle. There is no "free" space without removing some feature, the Volt took away the 5th passenger space and cargo space.

Clarity PHEV, 4052 lbs
Camry hybrid, 3472 lbs
Accord hybrid, 3327 lbs
Sonata PHEV, 3781lbs, 28 EV miles
Fusion PHEV, 3986 lbs, 26 EV miles
Chevy Volt, 3543 lbs

Clarity has much greater range than competing size class vehicles Fusion and Sonata. The Accord hybrid is 700 lbs lighter than the Clarity even with about the same drive train, where the Clarity adds the large liquid cooled battery pack and onboard charger. However, the Clarity has a lot of aluminum parts to reduce weight. So the battery pack adds significant weight, but the space is the main issue. The Volt pack supports 149 HP output, but the current Clarity supports about 2/3 of 120 kW (based on looking at the Clarity EV specs), so a little over 107 hp. For it to support the 181 HP the EV motor can provide would mean almost a 70% increase in battery electrical current output.

In weight comparison to similar sized vehicles it isn't too much greater, but that weight requires much greater battery output to drive in all EV.

 

It's funny how different our likes/dislikes can be. I hated the alarm going off when unplugging if you forgot to unlock the car. It was probably the first thing I disabled on the settings. I didn't see the possible deterrent value as helpful enough to put up with the aggravation.

 

What we are missing in our Clarities is vast ability to customize features. There are some but not nearly to the level of the Volt.