Malaysia Honda City RS 2020 has the world's first i-MMD engine

Malaysia’s specification for Honda City RS is the first in the world-Honda’s latest dual-motor i-MMD (Intelligent Multi-Mode Drive) full hybrid trend. The Honda City RS is more perfect than Honda City 2017.

The first electric motor is a traction motor, which drives its wheels and charges the high-voltage hybrid traction battery through regenerative braking. At the same time, the second motor acts as a generator ("generator"), providing additional power to support its "traction" battery, so that the "traction" motor can move earlier.

The world's first Honda City RS with i-MMD is also installed locally in Malaysia, with API-"Smart Power Unit", which is a "traction" battery and related control system-installed by Malaysia's first hybrid electric vehicle battery Factory production!

The battery plant is operated by Honda Assembly Co., Ltd. Bhd. It is located in Pegoh next to Honda's Malaysian factory. Its establishment appreciates Malaysia. Although BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Hyundai decided to marginalize Malaysia and chose Thailand and Indonesia to build their battery plants, Honda hopes to manufacture in Malaysia.

This raises questions; why is Malaysia taking the first step in the production of electric vehicle parts, driven by Honda instead of our "semi-state" car companies Proton or Perodua?

Do not complain that Malaysian consumers will get low-spec car models, because our City RS is the highest-spec model in the world. There are 8 items that cannot be obtained in Thailand including rear disc brakes, Honda sensors, LaneWatch, and even electric parking brakes.

Back to the city RS power train. We also said that the i-MMD City RS powertrain does not have a gearbox. It has a gearbox, but no gearbox form. Similar to a typical electric vehicle, the drive is guided to the front wheels in a direct drive manner.

Compared with the full-time hybrid Synergy Drive "tandem" Toyota used in Prius or Camry hybrid vehicles, the i-MMD Honda hybrid vehicle operates slightly differently. It is more similar to electric vehicles (EV) than conventional hybrid vehicles.

Normally, if the City RS is driven by an electric traction motor, you will get a smooth driving experience similar to an EV and immediately generate 253 Nm of torque. It is produced by an 80 kW (109 PS) traction motor. This can be achieved by rotating from 0.1 rpm to 13,300 rpm.

The gasoline engine (DOHC NA 1.5 liters, Atkinson 4-cylinder cycle, "intake port injection") is only used to move the "generator" to provide additional power to the "traction" motor, or to move the wheels directly during high-speed sliding-bypass Its electric motor passes through the clutch.

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