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Honda SUV e:prototype Might Foreshadow Electric HR-V

by Frédéric Mercier
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Today at Auto Shanghai 2021 in China, Honda showed a small electric SUV prototype that many Canadian drivers would likely find interesting.

Few details were provided by the automaker, however. For sure, the similarities with the next-generation Honda HR-V are striking.

Will it come to our shores? Nothing is more uncertain at this point. A production model will launch in China in the spring of 2022. Over there, Honda plans to introduce 10 electric vehicles in the next five years.

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Also at Auto Shanghai 2021, Honda presented a new plug-in hybrid model that’s set to hit the Chinese market later this year. Once again, we don’t know much about it.

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In Canada, the company has no fully electric vehicle in its lineup, though it has one PHEV (Clarity) and two regular hybrids (Accord Hybrid and Insight).

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