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【官网】广汽本田首款纯电动SUV VE-1焕彩登场

【官网】广汽本田首款纯电动SUV VE-1焕彩登场

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[Phalkon30]

The HRV chassis makes a lot of sense to convert I think, use the magic seat gas tank layout to put the battery underneath while keeping storage. Pretty cool

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[Goobers]

It extends beyond the gas tank layout to the rear passenger seats, making it independent of the magic seat layout.

It basically becomes the entire floorboard of the passenger cabin.

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On a side note, I just noticed that the AWD versions have two fuel pumps. I didn't realize until I looked it up just now at hondapartsnow website. Then I googled and saw this:

The Fit and FWD versions of the HR-V both have centrally located fuel pumps, but that wouldn't work with the driveshaft going down the middle.

 

[Phalkon30]

Huh, interesting find! Can you imagine the Engineer that had to make that decision?

 

[Fearturtle44]

Two fuel pumps? Video shows dual fuel tanks under both seats which is pretty cool to get to 13 gallons.

 

[Goobers]

Two fuel pumps? Video shows dual fuel tanks under both seats which is pretty cool to get to 13 gallons.

It’s not two tanks, but one tank with a hump up the middle to make room for the driveshaft. But since it now has two separated low points, it uses a main pump on one side with a sub pump on the other. They both have the floats for the fuel meter, so I think the sub pump only activates when its side has more fuel than the other.

But yeah, EV HR-V looks cool.

But in seriousness, they did something similar for the Fit and released the EV Fit in the states for only two years as a lease only program. It might’ve just been them testing the waters at that time. They could bring it over as a normal retail vehicle, or not at all... only time will tell.