Honda unveils a new line of electric cars

The newly unveiled idea automotive, Honda Zero Sequence “Saloon” electrical car is displayed throughout a Honda information convention through the CES tech present Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas.

By Peter Valdes-Dapena | CNN

Honda unveiled two idea autos on the Client Electronics Present in Las Vagas that provide an early have a look at an upcoming line of electrical autos.

The primary of those new EVs, known as the Honda 0 Sequence, will go into manufacturing in 2026, Honda introduced. The brand new fashions may also have a brand new Honda “H” emblem as a part of the corporate’s shift to electrical autos.

Honda introduced final yr that it was investing $40 billion to create new electrical autos with plans to introduce 30 new EVs globally by 2030. Earlier, Honda introduced plans to promote solely zero-emission autos in main markets by 2040.

At the moment, Honda lags behind main rivals in gross sales of absolutely electrical autos. In america, as an illustration, Honda doesn’t at the moment provide any absolutely electrical fashions though it has supplied some previously focused at particular markets, like California. And a mass-market electrical SUV – the Prologue, created in cooperation with Normal Motors – is anticipated to go on sale later this yr. In the meantime, rivals similar to Hyundai, Kia, Ford and GM have a number of EV fashions on the market already.

The 2 Honda 0 collection idea autos are known as the Saloon and the House-Hub. In automotive phrases, saloon is one other phrase for sedan that’s extra generally utilized in British English. The Saloon idea seems extra like hatchback, although, with a low, clean define ending in a blunt again finish. It represents the primary Sequence 0 mannequin that might be obtainable in North America starting a while in 2026.

The House-Hub idea is taller with a physique resembling a van. This car has a spacious, versatile inside that may carry a “a wide range of passengers,” in response to Honda. Photos of the inside present bench seats prolonged across the again and sides of the car. Honda didn’t say when or if one thing just like the House-Hub may go on sale.

The brand new H emblem unveiled is easier than the present model. It does away with the field that encloses the present Honda emblem. As within the present emblem, the vertical arms of the H attain outward towards the highest. This new H might be used on all of Honda’s new 0 Sequence EVs, the corporate mentioned.

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