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Honda series 0: the future of the automobile according to Honda

Las Vegas – On the occasion of CES 2024, Honda showed the new Honda 0 Series, a new series of fully electric vehicles arriving in 2026. On the CES stage, the company presented the first concepts called Saloon e Space-Hubalong with the new Honda logo that will be used exclusively for next-generation models.

Let’s discover the two new concepts and features of the Honda 0 series.

Honda presents the new 0 Series coming soon

Honda 0 Series represents a new series of electric vehicles that demonstrates the company’s desire for transformation and its electrification policy. The name of the series represents Honda’s determination to face the challenge of developing new series of electric vehicles, returning to Honda’s origins as an automaker and creating fully electric vehicles. In 2026, Honda will begin introducing the first 0 Series model globally, starting with North America, then Japan, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and South America.

With this new series, the development team has come full circle by reconsidering the type of EV Honda wants to create for the foreseeable future. Honda will seek to create new value for electric vehicles, overcoming the constraints of a “large and heavy” vehicle by transforming it into “Compact, Light and Intelligent”.

  • Compact: Increase design potential, including styling, through a low vehicle height and realize excellent aerodynamic performance by using a dedicated “compact” EV platform to create a low floor height.
  • Light: Achieve sporty driving performance and electric efficiency that challenges long-held beliefs about electric vehicles with original Honda technologies, developed by returning to Honda’s starting point as an automaker
  • Intelligent: Making original Honda software-defined mobility products, leveraging the knowledge accumulated to date and making cars smarter through advancing technologies

honda zeroHonda Presents World Premiere of the “Honda 0 Series” Represented by Two New Global EV Concept Models at CES 2024

Honda electric vehicles, which will be built based on this development approach and
will feature a dedicated EV architecture, will offer the following five values
fundamentals: Artistic design, AD/ADAS, a “space” for people, the pleasure of driving, exceptional performance.

  • Artistic design: The design concept is “The Art of Resonance”. With the theme of “resonance with the environment, society and users”, Honda will offer sustainable mobility products that evoke resonance in people, expanding the possibilities of daily life
  • AD/ADAS: In 2021, Honda implemented Level 3 autonomous driving by introducing the all-new Legend equipped with Honda SENSING Elite. The Series 0, however, will be equipped with an ADAS (advanced driver-assist system) that uses Honda SENSING Elite technologies. Additionally, in the second half of the decade, Honda’s 0 Series models will be equipped with an AD (self-driving) system and will be offered as more accessible electric vehicles with self-driving functions. This system was developed with humans at the center and will be equipped with artificial intelligence capable of recognizing and monitoring the driver to make more human-like, natural and high-precision risk predictions. These AD technologies will increase the number of situations in which autonomous driving can be used on freeways and will make some hands-off functions available on normal roads
  • New value as “space” for people made possible by the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected technologies. The Honda 0 Series models will aim to offer the values ​​of “fun to drive, use and connectivity”. The vehicles will learn the user’s preferences, such as music and driving behavior, and offer suggestions in line with them
  • Driving pleasure: Thanks to Honda’s dynamics and electrification technologies, the 0 Series models will offer driving pleasure for a new era, with a sporty ride characterized by the 0 Series’ low center of gravity and a complete range of aerodynamic technologies perfected by Honda in motorsports
  • Performance: Based on the electrification technology matured by Honda, energy efficiency is pursued to achieve high electrified performance. In particular, Honda 0 Series models will feature e-Axles with excellent energy conversion efficiency, lightweight and high-density battery packs as well as excellent aerodynamic performance. All this to obtain sufficient autonomy by minimizing the capacity of the battery charged on the vehicle
  • Le concept car presentate: Saloon e Space-Hub

    CES 2024 was also an opportunity to present to the public the first two concept models that could kick off the Series 0: Saloon and Space Hub.

    Saloon will be Honda’s flagship 0 Series model that best embodies the “compact, lightweight and intelligent” approach of the 0 Series. Dedicated EV architecture extends the degree of freedom in design and elevates the
    M/M concept in the era of electric vehicles. The low height and sporty style guarantee a fascinating design and a larger interior space. The instrument dial features a human-machine interface (HMI) that allows for simple and intuitive operations, with a sophisticated and fluid user interface (UI). With the adoption of the steering-by-wire system and the further advancement of the management system
    of movement, including posture control, the sedan aims to achieve control depending on the
    will of the driver.

    The Space-Hub was instead developed under the banner of “improving people’s daily lives”. Creating a spacious interior and excellent visibility. the Space-Hub offers a flexible space that immediately adapts to what users want to do and becomes a center that connects people to other people and to society, generating mutual resonance.

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