The Honda 0 a (alpha) prototype has made its world debut on the Tokyo motor present as we speak, previewing a brand new compact SUV for the upcoming Honda 0 Collection vary of electrical autos (EVs) that are into account for Australian launch.
Honda’s 0 Collection of devoted EVs was first previewed on the Client Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2025, within the type of two ideas – a big SUV and a sedan – and when it teased the brand new 0 Collection prototype earlier this month, Honda described it as a brand new “reasonably priced” electrical SUV for its forthcoming EV sub-brand.
Reiterating that as we speak, Honda stated the 0 ? prototype, which has a novel roofline and smaller proportions than the big 0 Collection electrical SUV revealed on the CES, “is being developed as an SUV that can mix superbly with each city and pure environments, supporting individuals’s lives in each scenario”.
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It stated the 0 ? would be a part of the 0 Saloon and the 0 SUV because the “gateway mannequin” within the Honda 0 Collection vary, and that the manufacturing model of the prototype you see right here is scheduled to go on sale globally, “primarily in Japan and India”, beginning in 2027.
Developed beneath the ‘Skinny, Gentle, and Sensible’ mantra, Honda says its all-new compact electrical SUV has a spacious cabin that gives “excellent occupant consolation”, wrapped in a modern exterior design with a low general top that was “achieved with out compromising floor clearance”.
The prototype presents a extra superior model of the front-end design theme seen on current EVs just like the Honda e, and it has a boxy rear-end with a thick C/D-pillar remedy that can virtually definitely restrict rear imaginative and prescient.
Additionally seen on the prototype are display areas at each the front- and rear-ends of the car. Up entrance, the full-width digital ‘grille’ incorporates LED headlights linked by a steady LED gentle bar, with an illuminated H emblem within the center. On the rear, an enormous pink U-shaped LED graphic underlines the Honda wordmark and comprises the tail-lights, reversing lights and indicators.
No different data has been provided, however all three 0 Seres EVs are sturdy candidates for launch in Australia, the place Honda beat Toyota to releasing its first hybrid car – the Perception hatch again in 2001 – however is but to supply a single EV.
Honda Australia instructed media earlier this yr that it’s going to launch its first battery-powered mannequin right here in 2026 – and that it desires the 0 Collection fashions for native showrooms. When requested by CarExpert which fashions it’s searching for to launch, managing director Rob Thorp stated: “All of them”.
In confirming its first EV in 2026 – alongside a brand new, hybrid-powered Prelude sports activities automotive – Honda Australia didn’t verify if an 0 Collection mannequin will likely be its first EV to look in native showrooms, or whether or not it will be adopted by different EVs from its world lineup.
Globally, Honda has pulled again on its funding in electrical vehicles, slashing its ¥10 trillion (A$105 billion) EV finances by one-third earlier this yr and abandoning its earlier purpose of EVs accounting for 30 per cent of its gross sales by 2030.
As a substitute, Honda has switched its focus to hybrid autos, which its Australian division expects to account for 90 per cent of its gross sales as quickly as mid-2026.
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