Honda e:NY1 (Honda)
Honda, which we know in Israel mainly from motorcycles and cars, is much more than that - after all, it is the largest engine manufacturer in the world - from one to a lawnmower to a jet to an executive jet. On land, in the air and at sea - engines were and still are the story around which she lives.
For this reason, for Honda, the electric future is much more than just engineering, but a question of being or ceasing. Does this explain its hesitation, not to mention its idleness, in the face of the auto industry, which is replacing gas stations with charging stations? Maybe. For sure, with a second model in its electric range, and the first of three it will introduce to the European market this year, and one of 30 to be introduced by 2030, it looks like it's starting to find the right direction.
Electric equivalent of HRV, but on a separate and dedicated platform (Photo: manufacturer's website)
The new model, called the e:Ny1, which we hope will get a new nickname by the time it reaches the market, sits on a new Honda electric platform. Inside is the drive unit, which, as in the case of BMW's trams, packs the engine, management unit and transmission into a single chassis.
Unlike BMW, here the drive is front-wheel. The output is 200 hp and its energy comes from a 68.8 kWh battery. According to Honda's reports, they will be enough for a stated 411 km, more or less the center of the field of popular crossovers such as Geely Geometric, BYD Atto 3, Jeep Avenger, electric Hyundai Kona and others. Fast charging time is 45 minutes from 10 to 80%.
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Centralize all operations to a central 15.5-inch screen (Photo: manufacturer's website)
Honda e. Another electric that we will continue to see only in the pictures (Photo: manufacturer's website)
The cabin has an increasingly common arrangement of a digital instrument cluster in front of the driver and a generous 15.5-inch multimedia screen in a vertical layout. From the look of the cockpit, Honda seems to have maintained a routine general arrangement with the driver, but with all functions compressed into the touchscreen, leaving only three physical buttons – the distress lights and two steam defrost buttons. The gear buttons in an arrangement similar to that in the Civic with the bottom of the center console and behind the steering wheel you can see two levers of control, presumably to control the power of regeneration.
Although this model could augment Honda's limited range of models in Israel, it is not planned to reach us. Like the Honda e, it is designed to help Honda meet the pollution limits required of European automakers, allowing it to continue selling its non-electric Jazz, Civic and CRV there.
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