Honda EV range previewed, including two new electric sports cars

Honda has confirmed it will introduce a fleet of new electric models by 2030, ranging from compact ‘kei’ cars to family vehicles, commercial options, a ute – and a pair of electric sports cars.

The announcement was light on detail regarding the models themselves, but preview images released today show a line-up of shadowy silhouettes, with “commercial-use mini-EVs” at one end and “high value-added EVs” at the other.

Of the two sports models, Honda says one will be a “specialty” model and the other a flagship. We can only speculate as to what that will result in, but one is clearly lower-slung than the other – suggesting supercar and grand tourer proportions, respectively.

Fans will be hoping the lower model is a new-generation Honda NSX, following the petrol-electric hybrid hero that was given a Type S swan song in the US last year.

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Elsewhere in the line-up, Honda says North America can expect a pair of medium and large electric SUVs in 2024, as part of a joint development and production program with General Motors. One of those models is already confirmed to be named Prologue.

The Chinese market will get 10 new electric models by 2027, while Honda’s home country of Japan will see a mini electric van introduced in 2024 before a line of passenger EVs launches.

The company has also confirmed it will build a “demonstration line” for new solid-state batteries, with “demonstration production” to begin in 2024. The new batteries are expected to make their way into the market by the second half of this decade.

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As for Australia, there is currently no official word to be had on when we’ll see any full-electric Honda models on offer, beyond the incoming HR-V e:HEV hybrid and Civic e:HEV hybrid.

Locally, the brand is behind a number of key rivals in either launching or announcing full-electric models – but with the global arm recently now offering any significant details of its wider electrification plans beyond the compact Honda E hatch, the Australian office has likely been in a hands-tied position.

Just when Australian customers will be included in this global plan, remains to be seen.