It is known that the model of the Japanese brand will be completely electric. So far, the company has only shown one teaser and announced the debut date.
The Japanese manufacturer, despite the recent abandonment of plans to jointly produce mass-produced electric vehicles with General Motors, continues to move towards further “greening”. Thus, the company said that it plans to introduce 30 electric vehicles around the world by 2030, while annual sales of “green” cars should be 2 million units by this time. In addition, Honda plans to move to developing and producing exclusively zero-emission vehicles by 2040, and to achieve carbon neutrality in its products and corporate activities by 2050.
Teaser of the future new Honda
As part of its electric vehicle strategy, Honda is developing another new product. There is practically no official information about it yet; the company has not even declassified its name. It is reported that the presentation of this electric car will take place on January 9, 2024 in Las Vegas as part of the next Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
The company’s announcement was accompanied by a single darkened teaser, which partially captured the future new product. But, despite this, it is clear that the appearance of the electric car will be unusual: in the photo in the frame there is a wedge-shaped sloping “nose” with a completely closed plug. At the bottom of the front bumper you can see the splitter, and the side skirts are visible in profile. The future Honda model also has original wheels shod with low-profile tires and cameras in place of the exterior rear-view mirrors.
Highlighted version teaser of the new Honda
It is possible that Honda's new product will debut as a concept next month. So far there is no information about the “filling”. It is obvious that the model, which is positioned as a global one, will not receive the Ultium platform from GM, since the parties abandoned the partnership on future projects, while the current ones — the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX crossovers — remain valid.
Let us recall that as part of the “greening” strategy, Honda produces e:N series models, which are intended primarily for the Chinese market. In China, the Japanese manufacturer has a couple of joint ventures with local companies – Dongfeng and GAC. In the middle of last month, electric twin crossovers Honda e:NS2 and e:NP2 were presented, their production was launched at the indicated factories, respectively. By the way, these cross-coupes are the closest relatives of the e:NS1 and e:NP1 with a traditional body type. All of the listed SUVs are based on the e:N Architecture F platform.
e:N Architecture platform developed by Honda
In addition In September, it became known that Honda and Dongfeng were preparing a new sub-brand called Lingxi. The Lingxi L concept acted as a harbinger of the brand’s first production model. It is known that the debut of the commercial version is scheduled for 2024.
Honda announced several more “green” new products at the end of September. We are talking, in particular, about the Honda Sustaina-C concept, which is reminiscent of the retired Honda e city car (the model will not have a second generation), as well as the Honda CI-MEV show car, a two-seater kei car that has received various autonomous technologies. driving. It is possible that the announced new Honda product will be related to some of the shown and already presented models.