Weight of Batteries

[pmath1]

Does anyone know how much weight the electric motor and batteries add to the CR Z?

[northbridge]

i dont know off the top of my head but i recall seeing it in a post here. search and you may find it.

[kmanatt]

Just guessing here.

Weight of Motor:
I thought I heard about 34Kg for the IMA motor.
Of course there is a lot of weight in the long power
cable from the trunk as well. (10Kg?)

Weight of Battery
Very Crude calculation from earlier post:
(I would at least double it for the packaging and electronics)

We have - From the IMA Breakdown sticky:
The 100.8 volt unit consists of 84 "D-sized" cells arranged in seven modules of 12 cells
each. It has a total capacity of 580 watt-hours

84 cells x 170g per cell = 14.3Kg of battery (not including packaging or electronics)
(weight from internet for D sized NiMh cell)

About 80 Kg would be a minimum for the IMA system.
I have no idea how much the software weighs

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[GoHuskies]

Per: Honda CR-Z review - TelegraphThe whole IMA system weighs 132 lbs.

Looking around I found these from TOVTEC:

Current Civic Hybrid: 68lbs
Current Insight, CR-Z, Fit Hybrid: 45lbs

If the battery weight is accurate than the motor and support systems all add most of the weight.

[northbridge]

^ thanks for that. Someone should make a thread in the general section with general CR-Z information like this. Then the mods should sticky it so we dont have to keep pulling up random threads to find the info.

[TCroly]

I researched this a number of months ago and thought I had found that the battery back was 84 pounds and the whole system including battery, motor and controllers and cables was 175 pounds. But I do not have the links to where I found this info.

[Colin]

^^ I might have been the author on the post on TOV, I was searching for this information to compare battery weights, capacities and the strength of various electric motors. I believe that 45 lbs is correct for the CR-Z, with the Civic being a heavier pack.

[GoHuskies]

Also found the 132 lb. total figure on TOVTEC: The Temple of VTEC - Honda and Acura Enthusiasts Online Forums > CR-Z > > Re: Hybrid IMA Weight

That thread uses the same figures given by the Telegraph. No idea of accuracy there since it's all based off a journalist review.