Kei Car Commercial EV From Honda This Has A Tempuh Distance Capability Of Up To 210 Km

Honda N-Van e: 2024. (Doc. InsideEVs)

JAKARTA - Recently, Honda launched N-Van e: as an electric-powered vehicle. This car is planned to be presented at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at the end of October.

Equipped with pure electric power, this Japanese manufacturer maintains the design characteristics of the ICE version, which of course adds to the uniqueness of the car.

Outside, this electric van looks almost the same as a gas-fueled van, except for the availability of charging ports installed on the front lattices made of recycled materials originating from vehicles that have run out of life.

Like other commercial vans, this van has two sliding doors with openings on the left that take advantage of the unpillarized design, allowing users to easily enter large items.

Reporting from InsideEVs, Friday, September 29, the manufacturer offers three trims, one of which is that it only has two seats for drivers and rear passengers, leaving a room that is relieved to store goods.

The other two trims are passenger-oriented with seats for two people and all foldable passenger seats to put large-loaded items. The maximum payload capacity for the cargo version reaches 350 kg, while the four-seater version can carry up to 300 kg with two passengers sitting.

The top variant of N-Van e: has a Honda Sensing and Honda Connect radar system that accommodates various user needs through the device.

Honda has yet to announce battery capacity in the small commercial car. However, the manufacturer claims that N-Van e: has a distance of up to 210 km according to the WLTC cycle.

The battery in this car has the ability to charge in about five hours using an AC 6 kW socket. As for the DC fast charger, this car is compatible to recharge the battery from 10 percent to 80 percent in 30 minutes.

Just like other electric vehicles, Honda N-Van e: has Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) capabilities, which allows vehicles to function as electric resources for electronic devices or other electric cars with a power of 1.5 kW.

The company has not set a definite price for this car, but they say that the commercial van can be priced from 1 million yen or around Rp103.8 million.

It is known that in Indonesia, this car is used as a material for development and research in cooperation carried out by Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) with Pertamina. Important aspects such as battery reliability, refilling process, as well as performance and convenience of using Honda N-Van e: in shipping goods will be the focus in this development.

This collaboration is planned to last for 3 months. The Honda N-Van EV Prototype will be used for 6 days a week to deliver logistics from Pertamina Retail's warehouse to 14 Bright Store locations in Jakarta and its surroundings.

The results of this study are expected to provide valuable insights for the development of other electric vehicles, especially in the context of logistics and distribution.