HONDA Insight - Manual (Page 4)

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Design ............................................................................................................................................ 58
B ATTERY M ODULE ............................................................................................................................. 60
J UNCTION B OARD ............................................................................................................................... 61
B ATTERY C ONDITION M ONITOR (BCM)............................................................................................. 62
M OTOR C ONTROL M ODULE (MCM)................................................................................................... 63
M OTOR D RIVE M ODULE (MDM)........................................................................................................ 64
MDM Components ......................................................................................................................... 64
DC-DC C ONVERTER ........................................................................................................................... 65
ADVANCED GASOLINE ENGINE .................................................................................................. 66
A DVANCED G ASOLINE E NGINE ........................................................................................................... 67
New Transmission Design.............................................................................................................. 67
E NGINE W EIGHT R EDUCTION T ECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................... 68
E NGINE F RICTION R EDUCTION T ECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................. 69
V IBRATION C ONTROL S YSTEM ........................................................................................................... 70
O FFSET C YLINDER C ONSTRUCTION .................................................................................................... 71
S PARK P LUGS ...................................................................................................................................... 72
R OCKER A RMS & S HAFT .................................................................................................................... 73
Timing Chain System...................................................................................................................... 73
VTEC-E S YSTEM ............................................................................................................................... 74
I NTEGRATED H EAD ............................................................................................................................. 75
D IRECT I GNITION S YSTEM .................................................................................................................. 76
CVT T RANSMISSION ........................................................................................................................... 77
Overview of the CVT Transmission................................................................................................ 77
CVT Operation ............................................................................................................................... 78
CVT Mechanism ............................................................................................................................. 78
CVT Advantages............................................................................................................................. 81
E NGINE P ERFORMANCE C URVES ......................................................................................................... 82
G EAR R ATIO G RAPHIC ........................................................................................................................ 83
EMISSIONS CONTROL .................................................................................................................... 84
E MISSIONS S TANDARDS ...................................................................................................................... 85
Air polluting compounds that contribute to smog and are health hazards..................................... 85
Greenhouse gas emissions believed to contribute to global warming............................................ 85
L EAN -B URN O XYGEN S ENSOR ............................................................................................................ 87
A DVANCED C ATALYST S YSTEM ......................................................................................................... 89
Lean NOx Catalyst Functioning..................................................................................................... 89
Catalytic Converter Deterioration Detection / Replacement ......................................................... 90
Exhaust Syste, Weight Saving Measures ........................................................................................ 90
E XHAUST G AS R ECIRCULATION S YSTEM ............................................................................................ 91
ORVR & V ACUUM D ISTRIBUTION ..................................................................................................... 92