Honda has revealed a brand new electrical kei automotive, however this one gained’t be unique to the Japanese market.
The Honda Tremendous-One, revealed in prototype kind at this week’s Tokyo motor present, will probably be exported to the UK (because the Tremendous-N) and to unspecified Asia-Pacific markets. The rollout of the electrical tiddler will start in 2026.
Honda has but to formally verify the electrical metropolis automotive for the Australian market, the place it may tackle a rising contingent of shrunken EVs together with the Fiat 500e, Hyundai Inster, Jeep Avenger, and upcoming BYD Atto 1.
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The Tremendous-One Prototype is the near-production model of the camouflaged Tremendous EV idea seen at this 12 months’s Goodwood Pageant of Velocity.
A substitute of types for the Honda e, which Australia missed out on, the Tremendous-One is principally a bigger and extra highly effective model of the brand new Honda N-One e: – the brand new all-electric model of the Japanese model’s top-selling kei automotive.
Honda has launched little in the best way of technical particulars. Nonetheless, it has promised the Tremendous-One has been developed with an emphasis on driving engagement.
It should provide a Increase Mode that not solely will increase energy output however options simulated gear shifts and a soundtrack harking back to a petrol-powered car. Shades of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, then.
A wider stance additionally delivers a “secure and highly effective trip”, in accordance with the Japanese automaker.
It additionally offers this boxy little metropolis automotive a sportier look, enhanced with boxy fenders, purple brake calipers, and dark-finish alloy wheels.
Practical entrance and rear air ducts additionally assist aerodynamic efficiency and cooling.
Inside, there’s eye-catching white and blue on black material upholstery draped over chunky sports activities seats. The “horizontal orientation” of the dashboard is claimed to “scale back visible noise” and opens up the driving force’s area of view “to pay attention extra on driving”.
Honda hasn’t revealed any dimensions for the Tremendous-One, however it’s anticipated to measure properly underneath 4 metres lengthy.
Kei automobiles are a class of tiny automobiles well-liked within the Japanese market on account of their reasonably priced costs and operating prices, and all should match inside a footprint of three.4m lengthy, 1.48m vast and a couple of.0m tall. Combustion-powered kei automobiles should function an engine displacing 660cc or underneath.
Whereas kei-class automobiles aren’t a factor in Australia – a minimum of when you don’t account for gray imports – we’ve acquired numerous fashions through the years which have been provided as kei automobiles in Japan. These embody the Suzuki Jimny, Wagon R and Alto, and the Daihatsu Transfer.
