It seemed like Honda was going in the right direction with the eCity, but so much for that, I guess.
I’m never getting my EV 1989 VW GTI, am I?
As a resto mod? Possibly.
As a modern EV? Never.
Fine! I’ll make my own 1989 VW GTI EV! With blackjack! And hookers!
All things considered that would be a doable e-swap. I’m not sure you’re getting AWD, or much battery life, but it would be doable.
Why would I want AWD? How would I put cafeteria trays under the rear tires and do donuts?
Tron: Legacy soundtrack comes preloaded
hans zimmer actually made a soundpack for some BMW models, imagine having hiroyuki sawano make one for their cars.
How wonderful that would be
That wss Louis Armstrong
Daft Punk for the Honda Tron Remix 2.0 album or gtfo
Did they license the trademark from Mitsubishi?
Someone at Honda looked at the failure that is the Cybertruck and was like “Huh… not bad”
The difference here is that the car in the picture is a concept car, which very very rarely ever makes it to production as is. The Cybertruck is the exception to that rule…
Oh don’t worry, the real Cybertruck is much worse than the concept!
We need some more future cars like this.
Why does all our shit looks like someone just smoothed out the cars from the 90s?
Because the “smoothed out the cars from the 90s” are practical, serviceable and (American pickups aside) not gargantuan space hogs.
Because making cars more aerodynamic was way easier than making ICEs more efficient.
Because this looks like shit? Its an even uglier cyber truck.
Honda is also aiming for optimum battery efficiency through its use of e-Axles, a system consisting of a motor, inverter, and gearbox that converts electric power into energy for driving.
This is revolutionary, folks: e-Axles! Can you believe it? They made an electric car!
They’re describing an electric car.
Then they gave it a fancy proprietary name so gullible tech writers think it’s Technology™️ and regurgitate their ad copy as news articles.
To be fair e-axles are actually a thing. You can mount the electric motor where an engine would be and use largely the same components as a traditional car to get the motion to the wheels. Instead e-axles basically wrap all the motion components around the axle. Motor trend had an article about it a while ago.
www.motortrend.com/news/e-axle-vs-central-drive-motor-layout-commercial-evs
So it’s basically a fancy Technology™️ term for a layout decision which was called motor on axle for decades until a marketing department decided they needed some Innovation™️, and this tech writer described it so poorly I couldn’t even identify it even though I’ve programmed quad motor torque vectoring systems myself.
Electric motors have this interesting property where they require such minimal supporting components - basically a couple of power wires and some sensors - that they can scale to any size with very little overhead, and so you can do 4 motors. That’s it, electric cars give you this possibility for free.
“Motor-on-axle” is descriptive and helpful. In fact it’s too descriptive, because it reveals that nothing special is going on. “e-Axle” is opaque nonsense for gullible tech writers, and this one tried to make it sound special but ended up opting for such vague language that they literally just described an electric car.
This entire article is just ad-copy. It’s fashion writing for tech nerds.
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I really wish car companies would actually release production models that looked like the concept models. These look so goddamn cool.
I don’t need to see out the back if I’m staring into the future!
No you don’t. They look cool and get you thinking you want them. However if you ever had to live with them instead of just looking you would quickly discover some of those cool looking things make for very annoying compromises and so you wouldn’t want them.
You have described the experience of Jeep ownership. The heart wants what it wants.
“hi, dealership, I’m looking for a car that looks like an oversized Amazon package and rides like I’m in a trashcan being kicked by a mule. You say you have plenty of jeeps available? Perfect.”
Jeeps, man. If you’re looking for a comfortable, reliable, fuel efficient vehicle, you’d go elsewhere. But if you want the front windshield to fold down, and for it to perform better off-road than on-road, they got a box on wheels that’s perfect for you.
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Chrysler used to do that. Did you ever put your money where your mouth is and buy a P.T. Cruiser, Prowler, or Crossfire?
Don’t worry, folks. Most of the time, concept cars exist solely to look interesting and get people talking, especially when it’s from a major manufacturer. I’m sure the production model will be much more
boringappealing to the masses.Countach vibes…
Back to the Future II vibes. Never mind that its “future” setting was nine years ago…
Marginally nicer looking than the cybertruck. I would steal this in GTA if I played GTA and it was a car in the game
Looks like someone watched The Wraith recently.
I wasn’t gonna bother to click through, but now you sold me.
Why do these concept vehicles always have to look this dumb and impractical? Why can’t we get EU sized personal electric vehicles? Think Fiat 500 or the Renault Twingo?
Doesn’t BMW have a little electric commuter?
Cuz you guys don’t buy them. Got another easy question?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Many of the EVs hitting the US market this year are big, heavy SUVs and trucks, complementing a broader trend in car buying that has seen some companies stop making sedans altogether.
A marketing video featured a retractable steering wheel that emerges from the dash when needed, suggesting that customers will be able to toggle between human and robot driving as the mood fits.
Honda is also aiming for optimum battery efficiency through its use of e-Axles, a system consisting of a motor, inverter, and gearbox that converts electric power into energy for driving.
Overall, Honda is aiming for 30 new EVs by 2030 with 2 million units sold, 100 percent zero-emission auto sales by 2040, and carbon neutrality “for all products and corporate activities” by 2050.
And Cruise, GM’s autonomous unit in which Honda is also an investor, has paused all public operations after a pedestrian was injured by one of the company’s driverless vehicles.
The Prologue SUV is set to reach customers this year, Honda’s first major effort to sell electric vehicles in North America since the oft-maligned Clarity.
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No real specs are being released, but Honda says these future EVs will be both partially and fully autonomous, depending on the configuration.
Doubt
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Does cruise control and lane assist count as “partially autonomous”?
