Inovev forecasts 50,000 new Hondas per year
- While Toyota does not sell any 100% electric vehicles, having relied heavily on hybrid engines (1.5 million sales annually), Nissan focuses on an electric sedan (the Leaf) and an electric pickup truck (the NV e-200), Mitsubishi is slowly letting its range of electric models expire, and Mazda refuses to commit to this new technology "as long as conventional vehicles comply with regulations" according to its president, Honda recently chose to enter this new market for 100% electric sedans via the launch of its city car (segment B sedan) simply called E.
- Produced at the Yorii site in Japan, this new model (program code 2EX) based on the PFE-S platform is aimed at all world markets, mainly Europe, the United States, China and Japan.
- The manufacturer's objective is to sell 50,000 units per year (equivalent to the distribution of Renault Zoé), including 10,000 in Europe, figures that corroborate Inovev's forecasts.
- The Honda E is 3.94m long, which places it between the Smart Forfour (3.50m) and the Renault Zoé (4.08m). It is 1.75m wide, 1.51m high and its wheelbase is 2.53m. Its price is 35,000 euros for the 136 hpversion and 38,000 euros for the 154 hp version, excluding government subsidies. The Honda E claims in all cases a range of 220 km according to the WLTP cycle. Its competitors will be the new Renault Zoé (50,000 units per year), the new electric Mini (50,000 units per year), the future electric Fiat 500 (80,000 units per year) and the future small electric sedans of the Volkswagen group.
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