- Honda Car Owner's Manual

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• Battery charging: The IMA is recharging the battery pack, using energy from vehicle
momentum/thegasolineengine.Theamountofrechargeisindicatedbytheilluminationof
greencoloredbarsontheleftsideofthedisplay.Whenmorebarsareilluminated,thebattery
isbeingrechargedatahigherrate.
• Inactive: No bars illuminated. Note that since the IMA motor/generator will generate
electricity whenever it is turning, slow charging can take place even when no bars are
illuminated.Therateofchargingwilldependonhowmanyotheraccessoriesareturnedon.
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ThebatteryStateofChargebargraphdisplayrepresentsthecurrentstateofIMAbattery
charge. The indicator is operated by the Battery Condition Monitor module (BCM), which
constantlycalculatesthebatterystateofcharge.
The BCM maintainsthe IMAbatterystate of charge ina range of20%to80%, which
optimizesbatterylife. It never allows the batteryto reach 100% chargeor 100% discharge.
WhentheBCMhasdeterminedthatthebatteryshouldnotbechargedanymore,thedisplay
showsfullcharge.WhentheBCMwillnotlettheIMAbatterydischargeanyfurther,thedisplayindicates
azerocharge.Thedisplayprovidesthedriverinformationabouttheamountofelectricalassistavailableat
anytime.
The display is not linear. Aswithmany fuellevelgauges,thetophalfofthedisplayrangecovers
considerablymorethanhalfthecapacityrange.
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Theupshiftindicatorwillilluminatewhenbetterfueleconomycanbeachievedbyshifting
uptoahighergear.
The downshiftindicator willilluminatewhentheInsightis unabletomaintainthecurrent
speed, even withfull assist. This lightwill sometimes illuminate when climbing steephills at
highwayspeeds.Whendrivinginlesshillyareas,thislightmayneverilluminateatall.
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Odometer/TripMeter/FuelEfficiencyMeter
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In the center of the instrument display, below the digital speedometer display, is the combination
odometer/fueleconomymeter.
Attheleftsideofthisdisplay,averagefueleconomyisshown.Thisaverageisupdated
onceperminute.Totherightofthisaverage,istheodometer/tripdistancedisplay.The
drivercanselectthelifetimeodometerforthevehicle,orswitchbetweenthreeresettable
tripmeters:"TripA","TripB"or"segment".Theaveragemileagedisplayalwaysshows
the average for the distance that is selected. That is, if trip meterA is selected, the average mileage is
shown for that trip. "Segment" mode is toggled on and off by touching the FCD button. The current
segment is reset by pressing and holding the FCD button while in "Segment" mode. The normal mode
displaycanbeswitchedbetweentheodometerandthetwotripmetersbypressingtheTripbutton.
At the lower portion of the display, a bar graph shows the
instantaneous fuel economy, which changes in real time based on the
amountoffuelthatthefuelinjectorsarecurrentlydelivering,andbased
onthecurrentspeed.