Video: Understanding the Honda Hybrid E-Drive

April 21, 2022
In this video, see the E-Drive transmission used in the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, Insight Hybrid, and Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.

See the cool E-Drive transmission used in the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, Insight Hybrid, and Clarity Plug-In Hybrid. Watch how this incredible transaxle functions in all three modes of operation.

Clarifications:

-E-Drive and eCVT are training and marketing terms used on the Honda.com sales website and in Honda technical training to describe this system.

-Intelligent Multi-Mode Drive (i-MMD) is an engineering term to describe this system. 

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