Honda will completely abandon the thermal in 2040
The new boss of Honda has announced the disappearance of thermal from the catalog from 2040. On this date, the manufacturer will only offer hydrogen and battery-powered electricity. A p...
25/04/2022
The new boss of Honda has announced the disappearance of thermal from the catalog from 2040. On this date, the manufacturer will only offer hydrogen and battery-powered electricity.
Barely arrived at his post, Toshihiro Mibe, the new boss of Honda, already has a lot to do. Whoever takes the helm of a very diverse group (motors, boating, two-wheelers, automobiles, etc.) took advantage of his induction to affirm that the manufacturer will gradually move towards abandoning the heat engine, which will take place in 2040. Is a surprise? Not really. Honda will not really have a choice, since by this date, many markets will have implemented a ban on the registration of vehicles with internal combustion engines.
The share of battery-powered or hydrogen-powered electric cars will increase from 40% in 2030 at Honda to 80% in 2035 and then 100% in 2040. with the Japanese brand, which continues to provide real monitoring and development of combustion engines. We were also waiting for news of a second electric vehicle for Europe after the "e", but Honda remains surprisingly silent on this subject.
In the meantime, Honda has a much shorter-term goal: from the end of 2022, the manufacturer's entire catalog in Europe will be electrified (hybrid, electric). Clearly, the next Civic will necessarily be hybrid to be sold on the Old Continent. And the Type R, too.