Honda gained’t make any new city EVs, because the automaker focuses on electrical SUVs as a substitute – at the least for the European markets. Which means that the Honda e will possible be the final of its variety, with no deliberate substitute when the present technology bows out.

The information was shared by Rebecca Adamson, Head of Vehicle at Honda UK, through the launch occasion for the brand new Honda e:NY1 which was held in Norway. As reported by Autocar, Adamson mentioned: “There gained’t be extra vehicles the dimensions of the Honda e, I can say that confidently. The market demand within the UK is the SUV sector, in order that’s why the main focus is there. It’s a market-led product line-up. So long as that’s the place the market is, we’ll proceed to be SUV pushed.”

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These feedback possible apply to the UK and Europe areas solely, as Honda has beforehand confirmed engaged on industrial and passenger mini-EVs for Japan as a part of its 30-EV offensive by 2030. Nonetheless, the upcoming reasonably priced electrical fashions are anticipated to be market-specific, competing in Japan’s kei automobile section.

Talking of the Honda e, the electrical supermini debuted in manufacturing type in 2019, two years after the idea automobile. It serves as a halo mannequin for the model with retro styling, and a tech-filled inside though the restricted driving vary is one in every of its weak factors.

Honda’s present lineup in Europe contains three vehicles and 4 SUVs. Non-SUV choices are restricted to the Honda e, the Civic, and the Jazz, whereas high-riding fashions embrace the hybrid HR-V, ZR-V, and CR-V, plus the totally electrical e:Ny1. The primary deliveries of the latter are scheduled for January 2024, with the automaker anticipating it to account for 22% of its UK gross sales by the top of subsequent yr.