Honda’s all new 2010 Insight Hybrid includes a unique Ecological Drive Assist System (Eco Assist). This system monitors your driving habits and provides real time and historical feedback to encourage efficient driving behavior.
The speedometer’s background color changes as your drive - depending on the fuel efficiency of your driving style. By observing the speedometer background’s response to your driving practices, you are coached in real time on how to improve the fuel efficiency of your driving habits.
- Blue — Your gas guzzler style of driving offers ample opportunity to save wasted fuel by avoiding aggressive starts and stops, etc.
- Blue-green — You are moving in a more fuel-efficient direction.
- Green — Excellent Fuel Consumption – characterized by smooth acceleration and braking, etc.
In addition to real time fuel efficiency monitoring, Eco Assist provides feedback about cumulative, long-term fuel efficiency. This is done through an LED information screen inside the tachometer. The number of leaves on the display signifies the extent to which your driving is fuel efficient – the more leaves – the more fuel efficent. When the ignition switch is turned off, the ‘leaves’ in the top line of the display score driving in the just completed cycle (startup to shutdown), while a horizontal bar in the lower part of the display scores cumulative lifetime performance.
The system also features an "ECON" button that, when switched on, optimizes the transmission, power train, and regenerative braking to optimize fuel consumption.
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