# Clarity, Honda? **URL:** \ **Category:** Power/Fuel\ **Created:** [October 7, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244 "2019-10-07T15:33:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArlHtsMelissa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/arlhtsmelissa/32/22867_2.png) [@ArlHtsMelissa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ArlHtsMelissa)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/1 "2019-10-07T15:33:21Z")
I saw an auto on a nearby driveway labeled “Clarity” charging. Was it a Honda? Also, there was a youngster on a bike nearby which got me to thinking about using a stationary bike to recharge a vehicle while exercising. I wonder how much effort it would take to recharge a vehicle with a stationary bike? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/2 "2019-10-07T15:36:51Z")
In less time then it took to logon and post here Google could have answered your question about the vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/3 "2019-10-07T15:38:47Z")
The Clarity is a Honda. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/4 "2019-10-07T15:43:35Z")
If you wanted to charge a car with a bike powered generator, it would take you a couple of weeks to several months to do one day’s charge. Depending on your level of fitness. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/5 "2019-10-07T16:01:00Z")
> [@ArlHtsMelissa](#): > > I saw an auto on a nearby driveway labeled “Clarity” charging. Was it a Honda? Yes, that is Honda’s current hybrid sedan. I would caution you against buying one, however, because Honda’s record of reliability with their hybrids has _significantly_ lagged Toyota’s excellent reliability record with its hybrid models. ---
**Author:** ![Drkrachel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/drkrachel/32/17826_2.png) [@Drkrachel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Drkrachel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/6 "2019-10-07T16:03:20Z")
Could you even produce enough amps/volts for the car to accept charging from a bike? Maybe you could put peddles on a motorcycle, start it up and charge it that way 😁 ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/7 "2019-10-07T16:04:26Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > If you wanted to charge a car with a bike powered generator, it would take you a couple of weeks to several months to do one day’s charge. Depending on your level of fitness. That should not be that bad. Assuming bike generated 250 Watts or so, recharging Clarity’s 17 KWh battery would take 17,000 / 250 =\> 68 hours 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/8 "2019-10-07T16:04:47Z")
> [@Drkrachel](#): > > Maybe you could put peddles on a motorcycle, start it up and charge it that way Or, even better, put **pedals** on a motorcycle! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Drkrachel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/drkrachel/32/17826_2.png) [@Drkrachel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Drkrachel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/9 "2019-10-07T16:06:28Z")
Yes I know it was wrong for some reason the auto correct put that in, didn’t feel like doing an edit ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/10 "2019-10-07T16:29:49Z")
I wonder if it would take less energy to recharge the generator with a stationary bike, or just ride a bike everywhere. Or pedal the Honda. Nah! ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/11 "2019-10-07T17:02:16Z")
> [@Scrapyard\_John](#): > > Or pedal the Honda. Nah! Imagine the hybrid car with 4 pedals: gas, brake and two to apply torque directly into a drivetrain… Go to Patent Office… fast! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/12 "2019-10-07T18:14:53Z")
I’ll call it the Honda Clarity “Peloton Edition”. Easy money! ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/13 "2019-10-07T19:04:18Z")
> [@thegreendrag0n](#): > > recharging Clarity’s 17 KWh battery would take 17,000 / 250 =\> 68 hours That’s why I said “depending on your level of fitness” 😜 68 hours of bike riding is a lot of bike riding! At 10 mph, that’s 680 miles! Almost 1/3 of the Tour de France! And that is just for the plug-in-hybrid Clarity, the the full 50 kW-hrs of the Tesla Model 3! ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/14 "2019-10-07T19:11:15Z")
> [@ArlHtsMelissa](#): > > I wonder how much effort it would take to recharge a vehicle with a stationary bike? I dunno, but ever had one of those generators on your bike to run the headlight?? It drags so much that going back to a battery headlight is well worth it. Can’t imagine trying to generate 220V to power a welder (oh I mean car generator). What’s wrong with us? ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/15 "2019-10-07T19:13:20Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > In less time then it took to logon and post here Google could have answered your question about the vehicle. And then we’d have one less site visitor and we’d be one step closer to closing the doors. I really wish you’d stop haranguing people for asking car questions on a site dedicated to talking about cars. I like this place and don’t want to see it shuttered. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/16 "2019-10-07T19:15:24Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > If you wanted to charge a car with a bike powered generator, it would take you a couple of weeks to several months to do one day’s charge. Depending on your level of fitness. What we need to do is put electric vehicle chargers outside of fitness centers, and hook them to a load-leveling power supply fed by the exercise bikes. Then you could charge your customers twice. Once to exercise, and once to charge their cars. Now that’s a business model! See you guys later, I’m heading off to Shark Tank. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/17 "2019-10-07T19:18:57Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > Now that’s a business model! See you guys later, I’m heading off to Shark Tank. You are an astute businessman. May I invest though we disagree sometimes? Another idea is to cut the cable on the house and run the power requirements with an exercise bike. Each member of the family takes a shift until night. Needs a little work but I think it has promise too. ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/18 "2019-10-07T19:35:21Z")
Nice idea with the fitness centers. But, we don’t have to stop with exercise bikes. I’m thinking treadmills, stair masters, pretty much every exercise machine. All we need is a good slogan. Something about saving the planet as you strengthen your physique…but catchier… You could put little gauges on the machines that show the power you’re generating as you work out. “Brah, I just busted out a 10 kilowatt set”. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/19 "2019-10-07T19:58:53Z")
All this discussion about generator bikes just makes me think of this… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/3/23e94aae3bb5d4fbe8cfcb1181032cdcee3d7d2c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244/20 "2019-10-07T21:20:27Z")
Too bad for me. I paid around $250 for our Schwinn Airdyne about 25 years ago. Just taking up space-like brand new. No one would take it. SA, thrift shop, etc. Couldn’t give it away. Finally put it out at the end of the driveway on city garage sale day with a free sign on it. Guy finally took it. So now for me to work on generating power for my house I’d have to go track it down again or buy another one. Not gonna happen. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clarity-honda/150244.md?page=2)