A 37 kW nickel metal hydride (Ni - MH) hybrid battery is
tucked under the rear seat and doesn't affect cargo room.
Honda hasn't released the full specs, but we do know that the Indiana - built Insight gets a 1.5 - liter Atkinson cycle gasoline engine paired with an electric motor and a lithium - ion battery (
tucked under the rear seat so as not to eat up trunk space).
Not exact matches
The Niro PHEV's compact, high voltage battery is neatly
tucked under the cargo floor and
under the
rear seat and maintains the same spacious cargo capacity as the Niro hybrid.
And while the small
rear doors open nice and wide to make getting in easier, the door opening is narrow at the bottom so you'll have to angle your feet to get them in and
tuck them
under the
seat in front.
In the Isuzu Zen, the front
seats fold into the instrument panel, and the
rear seats tuck under the wooden floor, so the car becomes an empty room.
The front
seat did touch my knees when it was pushed all the way back, but there's a lot of room
under the front
seat for
rear -
seat passengers to
tuck their tootsies away.
The Niro PHEV's battery is
tucked under the cargo floor and
under the
rear seat and maintains the same cargo capacity as the Niro hybrid.