Honda email announces CR-V hybrid and all 3 Claritys for 2020

JustAnotherPoorDriver said:
I'm curious why the pictures of the 2020- CRV hybrid (which does seem to have the current generation infotainment system) show it as having a conventional shift lever, not the abomination that is the Honda button shifter used in most of the rest of the line.
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I read that for the Insight they had to use that instead of the lever shifter on the Civic because they needed the room under the buttons for the regular car battery, so I'm guessing they need to save some room here for it too?

Either way I personally don't mind the button shifter. It actually makes sense to me since you only use it when the car is stopped anyway...
 
Dan Albrich said:
I vote for Sandroad to become the main Honda person who decides what to build next. Yep CRV, PHEV, say 25 mile all-EV range, AWD.

For me personally, I'd love to see more PHEV options period. The PHEV is the perfect vehicle for me and likely will be until re-charging is as fast as a gasoline fill.
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Well, for whatever it was I decided on, they'd sell at least one!
 
__jl said:
Either way I personally don't mind the button shifter. It actually makes sense to me since you only use it when the car is stopped anyway...
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I'm fine with it until I need to parallel park. It's getting better, but I still don't always go in the direction I want to...
 
Can't believe they're going to use that infotainment system again. At least there's a volume knob in the CRV
 
jack. said:
Can't believe they're going to use that infotainment system again. At least there's a volume knob in the CRV
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Again? It's not as anything has changed on the Clarity. How many more Clarity PHEVs would a knob sell? More importantly, would selling more Clarity PHEVs make Honda happy? Their latest distribution scheme doesn't make it seem so.
 
JustAnotherPoorDriver said:
...not the abomination that is the Honda button shifter...
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Abomination? I don’t personally mind it at all.

I do find the parking brake operation a bit non-intuitive. I just try to think of the button as a tiny parking brake lever that you would pull up to set. But logically my first instinct was “push to set”.
 
Ken7 said:
If there are no changes again in the 2020, it just shows you Honda isn’t investing another penny in the Clarity. :(
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I think the clarity was a strategic technology adventure in order to have traction in case strict emmision standards got out of hand. These cars are very advanced and therfore expensive to make. Since the poltical land scape is more conservative (for now) the demand could be less. Another big factor is public response as the majority still favour traditional ice power. Its hard to change public perception about the negatives of phev's/ev's and they tend to stick with the familiar. Simce the Clarity is not a big money maker. Honda will do as any business does and go with the flow of public will when it is more profitable to do so. It is a shame that the public is not more educated about the reliabliity and feasablity of phev's/ev's. You pay more at the beginning but save in the long term because of lower operational costs and contribute to a cleaner environment.
 
neal adkins said:
You pay more at the beginning but save in the long term because of lower operational costs and contribute to a cleaner environment.
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Exactly. I agree with your entire post...and of course, for the many who quality for the federal tax credit and other incentives, paying more at the beginning and then recouping costs later is really more of a short term equation. I consider myself to be much more of "practical/economical person" than a "car person" or an "environmental person," but the Clarity allows consumers to be all of the above. Like many on this forum, I am somewhat baffled by the apparent lack of demand for this car. In terms of price, performance, and overall value, it appears to be unparalleled.


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Fast Eddie B said:
Abomination? I don’t personally mind it at all.

I do find the parking brake operation a bit non-intuitive. I just try to think of the button as a tiny parking brake lever that you would pull up to set. But logically my first instinct was “push to set”.
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I know this is a diversion- but I like the shifter. I do not prefer it over a more conventional design- but it does help to free up some space.

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