Honda: Formula 1 technology for the Jazz 🎥
KNOWN HOW The new Jazz with hybrid drive is based on a 6-cylinder, 1.6-liter internal combustion engine from Formula 1. The energy recovery of the power unit with 106 hp works like in the top class. Prices for the hybrid Jazz and Jazz Crossstar models start at 23,900 francs. An electronic system is used here, which reduces the [...]
Prices for the hybrid Jazz and Jazz Crossstar models start at 23,900 Swiss francs.
This uses an electronic system that recuperates braking and exhaust gas energy and makes it available in a sophisticated form for acceleration and bridging the turbo hole.
Optimal performance is the goal
During the race, the energy available via the hybrid system is constantly monitored by Formula One engineers and adjusted as necessary to ensure optimum performance.
The application of the e:HEV hybrid drive system is in the new Jazz and Jazz Crosstar models. Here, the energy generated via the e:HEV hybrid system is used to charge the battery and optimize drive performance.
Experience from the race track
Yasuaki Asaki, Head of Powertrain Development: "On Formula 1 race weekends, teams have to carefully monitor the amount of fuel used in order to comply with the regulations. During the race, we can distribute the available fuel over the number of laps to be completed. This experience feeds into our production vehicles with the e:HEV hybrid drive, with almost the same goal."
Hybrid drive efficiency
The e:HEV system has been redesigned specifically for the Jazz, with the aim of combining the optimum efficiency of hybrid drive with the most pleasant driving experience possible. The drive unit consists of two compact, powerful electric motors coupled to a 1.5-liter DOHC i-VTEC gasoline engine.
Added to this are a lithium-ion battery and an innovative transmission with a fixed reduction ratio. A control unit regulates the flow of energy between the units and ensures a response that is as smooth as it is direct.
Switching between the three drive modes is stepless, imperceptible to the driver and passengers.
Conventional on the highway
In most inner-city situations, optimum efficiency is achieved by seamlessly switching between electric and hybrid drive. For trips at higher speeds on highways, the conventional drive is reverted to, supported via electric drive with a power boost for acceleration.
In hybrid mode, excess energy is used to charge the battery via the generator. The electric drive is also active when the vehicle is decelerating, with regenerative braking generating energy to charge the battery.
Innovative, stepless automatic
Instead of a conventional transmission, the new Honda Jazz features an innovative continuously variable automatic transmission with electronic control (eCVT) and a fixed gear ratio to provide a direct link between moving components.
