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Originally Posted by TJ213
A properly built hybrid system could work well with Honda's small displacement high revving motors. The low end torque of the electric motor could add that extra low end punch that a small high revving NA motor doesn't have.
The question is how much the batteries will weigh.
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If it's like most hybrids, about 200+ pounds. The problem I see is that Honda's compacts were so successful (and are still) because of how cheap it was to make them fast. Adding more power to a hybrid takes a lot of engineering and computer-geekery. That becomes expensive quick. The Insight had a small but dedicated following, so the CR-Z probably will get that too. But I don't see tuners embracing it like the Civic Si.
If Honda does make a fun hybrid car they can call it VTEC-ei. And if they can get it to run on hydrogen (like the BMW 7) and ethanol, they can call it VTEC-ei-ei-o.
