Honda will debut its forward-looking EV plans in Las Vegas next month.
So far, Honda’s electrification push includes a range of hybrids and the Prologue SUV — the brand’s first full EV riding on General Motors’ Ultium platform. The automaker has always touted bigger plans though (which is why the “Prologue” is just that), and now it announced Wednesday that it aims to shed further light on what’s happening at CES 2024 in January. At the tech-focused event, we’ll see the first of a “new Honda global electric vehicle series”.
The word series is important there, as it telegraphs Honda’s goal to introduce 30 new electric vehicles by 2030. “In North America, Honda has laid out an aggressive timeline of EV introductions leading to 2030 and ultimately to 100% zero-emission automobile sales by 2040,” the company says in today’s announcement. That includes both battery electric and fuel cell vehicles, like the upcoming hydrogen-powered Honda CR-V.
The company did not say how many of these vehicles are strictly concepts versus actual production-intent vehicles. We also don’t know at the moment exactly how many EVs Honda is planning to debut with this particular event. Nevertheless, Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe will deliver remarks, so we can see it’s enough of a high-level event to follow closely.
As it stands right now, Honda and GM scrapped their longer-ranging plans to co-develop EVs, though clearly the Japanese automaker still intends to forge a path on its own. The two companies are obviously still working to bring the Honda Prologue/Acura ZDX to market (as well as its GM counterparts, like the Chevrolet Equinox EV), as those cars are bridging the gap to the next generation of electric vehicles due out later this decade.
