The Urban concept Honda EV – soon in the series

14 September 2017

The Japanese company introduced the urban electric car

In the framework of the motor show in Frankfurt the Japanese brand showed a concept electric hatchback Honda Urban EV. The car is built on a completely new platform and is intended to denote a vector in the design of future electric cars Honda.

Urban EV is a compact city car battery powered with a simple appearance and modern technology. At length the zoom by 100 mm smaller than the compact-van Jazz. According to the President of Honda Motor Co, Takahiro Hachigo: "the Production version of the compact hatchback will appear in 2019".

Exterior Urban EV to impossible simple, instead of the grille panel is installed that displays a message. Rear – the same panel and dull forms. The Honda company logo highlighted in blue – a hint of electric future Japanese brand.

Interior Honda Urban EV more interesting exterior. All information is displayed on a large screen mounted over the instrument panel of wood. The doors also feature touch screens, performing the role of side mirrors. Connector for charging electric hatchback is on the hood.

Together with the Urban EV concept, Honda has presented in Frankfurt concept Honda Power Manager that combines new ways of managing energy distribution between the urban network, the home and the electric car.

At the moment Honda Motor in electric cars lag behind. Because no details about the concept of the Urban EV does not provide. In addition, the Japanese brand brought to the international motor show IAA in 2017 hybrid crossover Honda CR-V, which we recently told.