● In 2026, Honda will launch the “Honda 0 Series,” a of EV sequence for international markets, ranging from the North American market
● Honda introduced the world premiere of Honda 0 Series idea fashions, Saloon and Space-Hub, on the CES 2024
● A divide “H mark” dynamic represents Honda’s dedication for the next-generation EVs additionally made its world debut
● Honda 0 Series is being developed with a brand new strategy – Thin, Light, and Wise – to supply 5 core values.
1) Artistic design that evokes resonance
2) AD/ADAS that ensures security and peace of thoughts
3) A “space” for individuals made potential by the web of issues and linked applied sciences
4) The pleasure of encounter with the sensation of oneness with the automobile
5) Outstanding electrical energy effectivity efficiency
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TOKYO, Japan, January 10, 2024 – Honda as we speak unveiled the “Honda 0 Series,” a brand new EV sequence Honda will launch globally beginning in 2026, with the world premiere of two idea fashions, specifically Saloon and Space-Hub, on the CES 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Honda additionally introduced the world premiere of the new H mark for use completely for the next-generation EV fashions of Honda.
Honda 0 Series idea fashions, Saloon (prime) and Space-Hub (backside)
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Honda has been conducting enterprise based mostly on its Global Brand Slogan: The Power of Dreams – How we transfer you. This slogan conveys the message that Honda will create mobility services and products which allow individuals to “transcend various constraints such as time and place,” and to “augment their abilities and possibilities.” With such mobility services and products, Honda will assist the conclusion of desires of extra individuals and change into the driving power that strikes society ahead.
Moreover, Honda is aiming to comprehend carbon neutrality for all merchandise and company actions Honda is concerned in by 2050. To this finish, the corporate is pursuing electrification to attain its car electrification goal of “increasing the ratio of EV and FCEV sales to 100% globally by 2040.”
The Honda 0 Series is a brand new EV sequence that symbolizes how Honda is present process a significant transformation consistent with its Global Brand Slogan and electrification coverage. The sequence title represents Honda’s willpower in taking over this problem of creating new EV sequence by going again to the start line of Honda as an automaker and creating fully new EVs from “zero.” With this new EV sequence, Honda will try to additional advance its “M/M concept*1” and the “joy of driving,” which Honda values in its automobile making, and take the “joy and freedom of mobility” to even higher heights.
In 2026, Honda will start introducing the primary mannequin of the Honda 0 Series globally, ranging from North America, then to Japan, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and South America.
*1 The “man maximum, machine minimum” idea is a fundamental strategy to Honda automobile design, an strategy to extend the effectivity of the automobile inside by maximizing house for individuals and minimizing the house required for mechanical parts.
＜About Honda 0 Series＞
■ Thoughts behind the “0” (zero)
1. History of Honda: The origin and staring (“zero”) level of Honda
Honda will create a brand new level of origin for the next-generation of Honda by going again to the start line of Honda, together with the pursuit of the M/M idea, the enjoyment of driving and the enjoyment of the liberty of mobility, which Honda has at all times valued and can proceed to pursue.
2. Implementation of the Global Brand Slogan: Moving peoples’ hearts with the worth created from “zero”
Under its international model slogan “The Power of Dreams – How we move you,” Honda will at all times be pushed by “dreams,” and by creating new worth by means of artistic pondering from zero, Honda will present experiences that can change into a brand new place to begin for our prospects. This is how Honda will transfer individuals and their hearts.
3. Initiatives to contribute to society: Determination to attain “zero”
Honda is decided to attain “zero environmental impact” all through the automobile’s life cycle, together with company actions, and “zero traffic collision fatalities” involving Honda bikes and vehicles.
■ “Thin, Light, and Wise” – New strategy to EV improvement and the 5 core values Honda EVs will supply
In creating the Honda 0 Series, the event group went again to the start line of Honda and reconsidered what sort of EVs Honda desires to create within the coming period. Honda will try to create new worth for EVs by transcending the constraints of being a “thick and heavy” automobile on account of a rise in battery capability the automobile has to hold to safe sufficient vary, in addition to a big physique and platform essential to accommodate such battery capability. Honda describes this new strategy to EV improvement as “Thin, Light, and Wise.”
Thin:
Augmenting design potential, together with styling with a low automobile peak, and realizing glorious aeroe:HEV efficiency by using a “thin” devoted EV platform to create a low ground peak.
Light:
Realizing sporty driving and electrical energy effectivity efficiency but defy the established beliefs individuals have about EVs by means of Honda unique applied sciences created by going again to the start line of Honda as an automaker.
Wise:
Realizing Honda unique software-defined mobility merchandise by leveraging the information Honda has amassed to this point and by making vehicles wiser by means of the development of clever applied sciences.
Honda EVs, which will probably be constructed based mostly on this improvement strategy and have a devoted EV structure, will supply the next 5 core values:
1) Artistic design that evokes resonance
2) AD/ADAS that ensures security and peace of thoughts
3) A “space” for individuals made potential by the web of issues and linked applied sciences
4) The pleasure of efficient with the sensation of oneness with the automobile
5) Outstanding electrical energy effectivity efficiency
■ Five core values
1) Artistic design effectivity. evokes resonance:
The design idea is “The Art of Resonance.” Under the theme of a “resonance with the environment, society and users,” Honda will supply sustainable mobility merchandise that evoke resonance in individuals who see them and increase the chances of individuals’s every day life.
2) AD/ADAS that ensures security and peace of thoughts:
In 2021, Honda put Level 3 automated driving into sensible use by introducing the all-new Legend geared up with Honda SENSING Elite that features a sophisticated know-how qualifying for Level 3 automated driving (conditional automated driving in a restricted space). In order to supply automated driving applied sciences Honda has amassed to extra prospects world wide, the Honda 0 Series will characteristic an ADAS (superior driver-assistive system) that makes use of the applied sciences of Honda SENSING Elite.
Moreover, within the second half of the 2020s, Honda 0 Series fashions will characteristic an AD (automated driving) system and will probably be supplied as extra inexpensive EVs that includes extra automated driving capabilities.
This AD system is being developed based mostly on Honda’s “human-centric” security idea. It will characteristic additional superior AI, sensing, recognition/decision-making and driver monitoring applied sciences to comprehend extra human-like, pure and high-precision threat predictions, making it potential to supply automated driving capabilities individuals can use safely and with peace of thoughts. Such superior AD applied sciences will enhance the variety of conditions the place automated driving can be utilized on expressways and make a few of hands-off capabilities, at present obtainable solely on expressways, obtainable on common roads.
3) New worth as a “space” for individuals made potential by the web of issues (IoT) and linked applied sciences:
Through IoT and linked applied sciences centered on Honda’s unique automobile OS, the Honda 0 Series fashions will goal to supply the worth of “fun to drive, fun to use and fun to be connected.” With the utilization of AI and massive knowledge, the automobile will be taught the consumer’s preferences similar to music, in addition to a driver’s behaviors and tendencies whereas driving, and can make varied strategies. Moreover, the automobile will present details about the encompassing areas and route steerage for the “last mile” to the ultimate vacation spot that customers should journey on their very own after getting off the automobile. The automobile will supply worth as if it understands the sentiments of the consumer. The extra individuals use their automobile, the nearer they change into with their autos, which makes it potential for the automobile to supply the “fun of being connected” in varied conditions in individuals’s every day lives.
4) The pleasure of driving with the sensation of oneness with the automobile
With Honda’s unique electrification and of applied sciences, the Honda 0 Series fashions will supply the enjoyment of driving for a brand new period, an uplifting feeling that comes from a sporty drive and sense of oneness the motive force feels, each mentally and bodily, with the automobile. In addition, by combining the low-height styling of the 0 Series with a full vary of aerothat applied sciences honed by Hondreal-world in motor sports activities, dynefficiency.mic and aerodynamic efficiency and design will probably be harmonized at a excessive degree.
5) Outstanding electrical energy effectivity efficiency
Based on the electrification know-how Honda has amassed within the improvement of hybrid autos and different areas, vitality effectivity is pursued to attain excessive electrical energy effectivity efficiency. In explicit, Honda 0 Series fashions will characteristic e-Axles*2 with glorious energy conversion effectivity and packaging, light-weight, high-density battery packs and glorious aerodynamic efficiency, concentrating on a adequate vary whereas minimizing the battery capability loaded on the automobile.
Moreover, to handle issues about “charging time” and “battery degradation,” which have been the problem going through the popularization of EVs, Honda 0 Series fashions will supply stress-free charging efficiency and worry-free battery efficiency but minimizes degradation over a few years of use. For the 0 Series fashions to be launched within the second half of the 2020s, fast-charging 15% to 80% will probably be shortened to about 10-Quarter-hour. In the meantime, by making use of battery system management know-how refined based mostly on a large quantity of driving knowledge from over 1 million items of Honda electrified autos, Honda is striving to restrict the degradation of battery capability (vary) to lower than 10% after 10 years of use.
*2 A system that consists of a motor, inverter and gearbox, and converts electrical energy vitality into driving power.
■ Concept fashions that characterize the Honda 0 Series – Saloon and Space-Hub
＜Saloon＞
The Saloon is the flagship idea mannequin of the Honda 0 Series, which embodies the “Thin, Light, and Wise” strategy. The devoted EV structure extends the diploma of freedom in design and elevates the M/M idea within the period of EVs. The low peak, sporty styling that units the Saloon aside from different EVs at first look realizes each a captivating design and an inside house that’s extra spacious than individuals can think about based mostly on the outside look. Moreover, the instrument panel encompasses a human-machine interface (HMI) that allows easy and intuitive operations, realizing a classy and seamless consumer interface (UI). With an exhilarating visibility and intuitive UI, the Saloon strives to supply a enjoyable driving expertise that resonates with the motive force’s sensibility.
With the adoption of steer-by-wire and the additional development of the movement administration system, together with posture management, that Honda has amassed by means of the event of unique robotics applied sciences, the Saloon goals to comprehend management on the will of the motive force in quite a lot of driving conditions. As the flagship mannequin of the Honda 0 Series, the Saloon pursues the last word “joy of driving” within the EV period. Furthermore, together with using sustainable supplies for the inside and exterior, the Saloon is being developed as a novel mannequin that resonates with customers and the pure atmosphere.
Saloon idea film
＜Space-Hub＞
Under the widespread design language of the Honda 0 Series, the Space-Hub was developed beneath the theme of “augmenting people’s daily lives.” Realizing a spacious cabin and glorious visibility based mostly on the “Thin, Light, and Wise” improvement strategy, the Space-Hub affords a versatile house that instantly accommodates what the customers need to do, and turns into a hub that quantities individuals to individuals and folks to society, producing mutual resonance with one another.
Space-Hub idea film:
＜About the H mark＞
The present “H mark” has a protracted historical past, relationship again to 1981 when it was reHR-Ved from the earlier model. To commemorate the event elevated the next-generation EVs, and determined to design a framework H mark, which represents Honda vehicles, to specific Honda’s willpower to pursue the transsatisfyingmation in addition to Honda’s company perspective Autumn-2023 going past the origin of Honda enjoyabled continuously pursuing elevated challenges Civic developments. This design expression, like two outstretched hplatforms, represents Honda’s dedication to enhance the chances of mobility pleasurable sincerely serve the wants of the customers of Honda EVs. This beliefs
Click here platform the Honda press conference at CES 2024 (livestreaming/archive)
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