Honda Motor revealed two idea automobiles Tuesday on the CES tech convention as a preview for a brand new lineup of electrified automobiles that can start arriving in North America in 2026.

The idea fashions are referred to as the “Area-Hub” and “Saloon,” which the primary manufacturing “Honda 0 Collection” EV might be primarily based on, based on the Japanese automaker. Honda says the brand new “0 Collection” of automobiles are being developed beneath three core rules: “Skinny, gentle and sensible.”

“We are going to create a totally new worth from zero primarily based on skinny, gentle and sensible as the inspiration for our new Honda 0 EV sequence to additional advance the enjoyment and freedom of mobility to the subsequent degree,” Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe mentioned in a launch.

Honda plans to introduce the primary mannequin of the Honda 0 Collection primarily based on the Saloon idea in North America, adopted by mannequin introductions in Japan, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Center East, and South America.

The Saloon is a smooth, futuristic-looking automobile that appears match for “Tron” films, with a big open-mouthed front-end gentle in neon lighting with a redesigned Honda “H” within the middle. The again, just like the entrance, options a big indented rectangular space with crimson lighting across the inside with “Honda” within the middle.

Inside, the Saloon contains a minimalistic digital cockpit with a yolk steering wheel, which is analogous to idea automobiles from different corporations which have debuted at CES. To enter, a big falcon wing door opens upward from the roof of the automobile.

The Area-Hub is a minivan/shuttle that features the identical kind of design traits because the smaller Saloon however in bigger codecs. Its inside contains a comparable cockpit, however it has a cavernous again space with lounge-type seating.

Each ideas seem like designed to function autonomous driving capabilities: the steering yolk is ready to retract into the dashboard of every.

Honda mentioned 0 Collection will first function a sophisticated driver-assistive system primarily based on applied sciences first deployed in Japan, adopted by a next-generation “automated driving,” or AD, system. The corporate says the upcoming system will broaden using some hands-off features to be used on each expressways and floor streets. 

“The subsequent era AD system is being developed primarily based on Honda’s ‘human-centric’ security idea. It can function superior AI, sensing, recognition and driver monitoring applied sciences to realize extra human-like, pure and high-precision danger predictions, making it attainable to supply AD options folks can really feel secure and assured utilizing,” Honda mentioned within the launch.

Honda didn’t launch actual specs or efficiency expectations for the idea automobiles or upcoming EVs apart from projections for recharging.

The corporate mentioned the Honda 0 Collection fashions launching within the late 2020s might be able to quick charging from 15% to 80% of battery capability in about 10 to fifteen minutes.

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Correction: An earlier model of a headline on this text misspelled “Area-Hub.”