Friday, December 2, 2011

NATS 1st Gen Honda Insight EV Prototype

The students over at Nihon Automobile College [NATS] in Japan have churned out some pretty bizarre creations over the years ranging from a Honda Beat dressed in an NSX suite to a high-ridding Volkswagen pickup truck.

At this year's Tokyo Motor Show, NATS displayed the EV-Sports Prototype01 that is based on the first generation of the Honda Insight hybrid.

The students replaced the original model's gasoline engine and Honda's Integrated Motor Assist system with a new electric drive that draws energy from a lithium-ion battery pack.
In the process, they also made several structural changes to the chassis as well as the body to make it feel and look sportier – though the end result kinda looks like a castoff from the recent Cars 2 animated film…

Source (with more pix);
http://www.carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/nats-turns-first-gen-honda-insight-into.html

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