Honda shows Insight to Montreal crowds

[auto123.com]

The second generation Honda Insight was on display today at the 41st annual Montreal Auto Show, promising shoppers an affordable and cutting edge means to save fuel and do their part for the environment. The latest Insight boasts many unique features- notable among them being a driver-selected 'eco' mode and a mileage-coaching 'Eco Assist' drive system.
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[tomdelor]

Airplane pilots rely on their instruments to display conditions affecting their airplane position, motion and momentum in order to fly efficiently, and safely. Our vehicles are only equipped with instruments to monitor the engine such as RPM; speed-o-meter; oil temperature; oil pressure; alternator charge indicator and fuel tank gauge. Nothing indicates the vehicles' momentum. Knowing our vehicles' momentum is an important factor to drive efficiently and safely.The Department Of Energy started to test efficient driving as early as 1999 and concludes that efficient driving (using momentum instead of fuel whenever possible) reduces oil consumption by 5% to up to 33% and increase security. The U.S. Patent Office issued in August 2008 a patent for a brand new instrument that has its place on the dashboard of every vehicle to indicate the momentum and dos not necessitate any installation thus can retrofit any vehicles in no time. Called the "Moment-O-Meter" it displays a green light when the vehicle's momentum is positive (and can move on its own) and a red light when the vehicle needs to use fuel to move. This visual information allows the driver to utilize the vehicle's momentum instead of fuel as often as possible to decrease fuel consumption while increasing the passengers' security, known as "efficient driving". . Private tests using Moment-O-Meter demonstrates a reduction of fuel consumption by 20% to up to 50%