Honda’s radical new Saloon idea, which serves to preview a line of revolutionary new EVs dubbed the 0 Series, is 90% prepared for manufacturing in 2026.
At its unveiling at CES in Las Vegas, bosses confirmed that the ultimate automotive is designed, and testing of the manufacturing automotive is now underneath approach at Honda’s US headquarters, forward of an anticipated reveal in 2025.
It would be the first in Honda’s new 0 Series electrical automotive line-up. Representing a ground-up overhaul of the Japanese model’s strategy to electric car improvement and majoring on effectivity, engagement, spaciousness and autonomy, the brand new fashions will likely be offered in international markets together with Europe, following a launch within the US.
Honda’s European boss, Katsuhisa Okuda, stated the 0 Series is about “creating outstanding projects from zero, unconstrained by existing assumptions”.
With this new line of EVs, Honda is “going back to the starting point of Honda as an auto maker and creating new EVs from zero”, therefore the 0 Series identify.
It confirmed two ideas previewing this new household at CES in Las Vegas: a rakish, low-slung flagship merely named the Saloon and the bigger Space-Hub, a flexibility-focused people-mover that blends parts of SUVs and MPVs. The bigger Space Hub idea has not been confirmed for manufacturing; a smaller, equally conceived SUV is inbound as a part of the 0 Series, nonetheless, which follows related rules.
The Saloon, in the meantime, will “90% keep this appearance”, confirmed designer Toshinobu Minami, including that it’ll lose a few of the idea’s extra outlandish options for manufacturing, together with the gullwing doorways.
The high-definition digital show on the entrance finish may make it to showrooms, he added, however he stated Honda is evaluating “what would be good to display”. “We don’t want it to be solely for display,” he added.
It may additionally take an precise identify, quite than a numerical or alphabetical designation like e:NY1, into manufacturing. “It’s something we are thinking about and having lots of difficulty with.”