Small SUV seems to be just like Honda’s HR-V however incorporates a 201 hp electrical drivetrain giving a 256-mile vary
by Chris Chilton
Could 12, 2023 at 06:41
by Chris Chilton
Honda is lastly getting severe in regards to the booming European EV market. The e:Ny1 is a purely electrical crossover and, together with the ZR-V and CR-V hybrids, one in all three electrified SUVs heading to the continent this yr.
Of these three, it’s the e:Ny1 that’s essentially the most fascinating. We received a preview of its HR-V-style design earlier this yr, although the electrical SUV rides on a wholly totally different EV-specific front-wheel drive platform to the combustion HR-V. Known as e:N Structure F, the brand new platform has been designed with a concentrate on stiffness (the physique is 47 p.c high-tensile metal), a low middle of gravity and significant underfloor aerodynamics.
A single motor within the nostril generates 201 hp (204 PS / 150 kW) and 229 lb-ft (310 Nm) of torque, and is paired with a 68.8 kWh battery that expenses from 10-80 p.c in a leisurely 45 minutes and provides an electrical driving vary of 256 miles (412 km).
Although the SUV proportions don’t counsel that the e:Ny1 is packaged any in a different way to a combustion automobile, Honda says the positioning of {the electrical} powertrain and {hardware} delivers sturdy inside area. We’ll have to attend to attempt that out for ourselves, however we are able to see from the photographs that Honda has devoted loads of inside area to its infotainment system.
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The big portrait touchscreen measures 15.1 inches and stretches from the highest of the dashboard the place a freestanding pill can be positioned on one thing just like the Civic, proper right down to the primary console on the transmission tunnel. In contrast to vehicles such because the Civic, the e:Ny1has its local weather controls housed inside that display screen, which seems to be cool however will likely be much less user-friendly.
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The portrait display screen orientation additionally means the e:Ny1’s inside design could be very totally different to the little Honda e’s, which options digital screens stretching throughout the sprint, and has camera-based door mirrors that you simply gained’t discover on the e:Ny1.
When the e:Ny1 hits European roads later this yr it can go into battle with SUVs just like the just-refreshed Peugeot e-2008 and Hyundai Kona Electrical, and will likely be equally priced, so anticipate it to price from round £32,000/€36,000.