Honda unveiled Tuesday at CES 2025 the most recent EV in its so-called 0 Series — a mid-sized SUV prototype dubbed, certainly sufficient, the 0 SUV. Honda’s tackle the SUV will be a part of the 0 Saloon the automaker confirmed off finally 12 months’s present.
A manufacturing model of the SUV will debut first in North America within the first half in 2026, and will probably be constructed at Honda’s “EV Hub” manufacturing unit in Ohio. The 0 SUV will then go to different markets around the globe. Honda will begin constructing the 0 Saloon on the similar facility in late 2026 earlier than increasing to different nations.
The reveal comes just some weeks after Honda and Nissan introduced a significant plan to merge the 2 Japanese corporations — a merger that might embody Mitsubishi as properly. The corporations have stated that merger will assist them higher compete with a fast-moving automotive trade, the tempo of which has been set by Tesla.
Honda additionally introduced on Tuesday that the software program powering the 0 Series will probably be known as ASIMO OS, a nod to the corporate’s well-known bipedal robotic. It will tie {the electrical} structure with the in-vehicle infotainment system — a well-liked transfer nowadays. Honda stated the brand new working system will “provide a mobility expertise personalized for every particular person person,” however didn’t go into way more element about what which means.
The Japanese automaker additionally didn’t go into deep element in regards to the Honda 0 SUV’s specs. It did say that it’s going to use steer-by-wire know-how, although. The 0 Series autos can even use automated driving software program co-developed with unsupervised studying startup Helm.AI.
