[Mike Dabrowski 2000]

For the curious, Craig has put up a slew of photos of all the hybrids that we were playing with at Up Your Volts:
The first batch are thumbnails for now. The2000 Insight shows the IMA motor disassembly, the 3 phase sensors, and a bunch of other neat stuff.
http://www.auto-careers.org/uyv-photos/

 

[Insightful Trekker]

Dial-up members be aware the above linked Insight page loads with 100+ pics. Be prepaired for a loooong load time.

If yor interested in what these parts look like then its already here in a precision sketch version (if you want full color you've gotta pay the download time price ).

See:

http://www.insightcentral.net/encyclopedia/enmotor.html
(includes a easy to read low tech outline of the parts description and operation)

and:

http://www.insightcentral.net/encyclopedia/

for the same on most anything that makes the Insight unique.

HTH!