We replaced my wife's minivan with a Clarity PHEV. Great car, fits 5 comfortably. Don't worry, I am keeping my Volt but need a larger family vehicle as well.
20171214_204315 by Eric Tastad, on Flickr
20171214_212017 by Eric Tastad, on Flickr
20171214_204411 by Eric Tastad, on Flickr
So far, I really like how it drives. I didn't realize it has something very close to autopilot. It has a bunch of safety features lumped together and called Honda Sensing. It will steer the car to keep it between the lane markings. It probably lacks some of the features of AP though. My surprise is it did more than I thought, I didn't think it would actually steer the car down the road. It also has stop go ACC for traffic jams.
The dealer didn't have it charged of course (technically, the Honda side of the dealer doesn't even have a charger, had to go to GM). They put an hours worth of charge in it which was enough for me to get a few miles EV on my way home.
Really nice driving car, really love the size though the footprint is only a bit smaller than the minivan. It is a pretty large car. The pic in my garage, it isn't back as far as the Volt, so it isn't as gigantic as it looks, but still a lot larger.
The memory and power adjustable seats are a nice touch. I love all the LED lighting. The looks of the car are... special?... I don't dislike them, but some of the lines are a bit odd. Not bad though, just different I guess.
My short drive back from the dealer (40 miles) netted me 44 mpg varying from 77 mph to 60 mph on the highway (I reset the trip meter after battery ran flat after about half the trip, same as I do in Volt to see engine only mpg). Regular gas, so that is nice compared to my Gen 1 Volt.
Overall gas savings should be huge for me, my minivan averaged 19 mpg over 79k miles. I imagine this will average up to 10k miles a year EV and 5k gas, so go from maybe 790 gallons down to 125 gallons plus electricity. Maybe save $1400 a year. Not going to pay for itself, but still use a lot less energy for me.
The infotainment system is a bit sketchy on it, slow to respond, but nice it has Android Auto and the built in Garmin Navigation software App is nice if don't want to use Android Auto.
Overall, the car is maybe tuned towards a general consumer that wants a great well equipped car that doesn't want to really know about all the electrical features. That is Honda tries to educate you enough to plug it in, otherwise just drive it like a normal car.
Regen braking is lacking relative to my Gen 1 Volt in low. I probably won't bother using it. Again, just drive it like a car. I believe the brake pedal is blended so it regens when you press that like the Volt does too. Sport and max regen was not impressive though, at least in sport mode it will hold your regen setting between stops.
Great spacious car, not as great if you really insist on it being EV 100% of the time before using gas, but you still really will see a gas savings driving it given the large battery and decently powerful setup.
20171214_204315 by Eric Tastad, on Flickr20171214_212017 by Eric Tastad, on Flickr20171214_204411 by Eric Tastad, on FlickrSo far, I really like how it drives. I didn't realize it has something very close to autopilot. It has a bunch of safety features lumped together and called Honda Sensing. It will steer the car to keep it between the lane markings. It probably lacks some of the features of AP though. My surprise is it did more than I thought, I didn't think it would actually steer the car down the road. It also has stop go ACC for traffic jams.
The dealer didn't have it charged of course (technically, the Honda side of the dealer doesn't even have a charger, had to go to GM). They put an hours worth of charge in it which was enough for me to get a few miles EV on my way home.
Really nice driving car, really love the size though the footprint is only a bit smaller than the minivan. It is a pretty large car. The pic in my garage, it isn't back as far as the Volt, so it isn't as gigantic as it looks, but still a lot larger.
The memory and power adjustable seats are a nice touch. I love all the LED lighting. The looks of the car are... special?... I don't dislike them, but some of the lines are a bit odd. Not bad though, just different I guess.
My short drive back from the dealer (40 miles) netted me 44 mpg varying from 77 mph to 60 mph on the highway (I reset the trip meter after battery ran flat after about half the trip, same as I do in Volt to see engine only mpg). Regular gas, so that is nice compared to my Gen 1 Volt.
Overall gas savings should be huge for me, my minivan averaged 19 mpg over 79k miles. I imagine this will average up to 10k miles a year EV and 5k gas, so go from maybe 790 gallons down to 125 gallons plus electricity. Maybe save $1400 a year. Not going to pay for itself, but still use a lot less energy for me.
The infotainment system is a bit sketchy on it, slow to respond, but nice it has Android Auto and the built in Garmin Navigation software App is nice if don't want to use Android Auto.
Overall, the car is maybe tuned towards a general consumer that wants a great well equipped car that doesn't want to really know about all the electrical features. That is Honda tries to educate you enough to plug it in, otherwise just drive it like a normal car.
Regen braking is lacking relative to my Gen 1 Volt in low. I probably won't bother using it. Again, just drive it like a car. I believe the brake pedal is blended so it regens when you press that like the Volt does too. Sport and max regen was not impressive though, at least in sport mode it will hold your regen setting between stops.
Great spacious car, not as great if you really insist on it being EV 100% of the time before using gas, but you still really will see a gas savings driving it given the large battery and decently powerful setup.
