After CES, Honda Showcases The First "Series 0" Concept Car For The Japanese Public

Honda Saloon Concept. (Doc. Honda)

JAKARTA - Japan's Honda announced on the company's website today that it will showcase it for the first time in Japan's public two concepts of its future electric car on March 5-9 March.

The concept car on display is "Seri 0" to take part in an exhibition at Plaza Aoyama. Previously, Series 0 made its exhibition debut at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which took place in Las Vegas, USA, last January.

It is known, Series 0 comes with two concepts: a van-like vehicle called Space-Hub and another leaner and stylish family car called Saloon.

The Saloon is placed on a dedicated EV platform. Designed to be spacious, low, and wide, using sustainable materials, while the Saloon interior continues its tradition of ease of use of Honda, equipped with a new Steer-by-wire and "motion control management" system. The chairs are equipped with posture control that uses learning from Honda's experience in robotics, while aerodynamics are claimed to use learning from the company's racing expertise, including Formula 1.

On the other hand, Space-Hub aims more of a kind of moving living room with a "hub" in its name referring to the social center, a gathering place for people. His ethos, according to Honda, are to "optimize everyday life."

In general, the Honda 0 Series was developed with a new approach with a thin and lightweight design, and it is wise to offer five core values of the artistic design that evokes resonances, AD/ADAS which guarantees security and calm of mind, cars that can be space for humans to take advantage of internet of things and connected technology, the excitement of driving with feelings of blending with vehicles, and finally the outstanding performance of electrical efficiency.

As for the battery, Honda says it will use a high-density battery designed to minimize long-term degradation. The company aims to minimize battery capacity degradation to less than 10% after 10 years of use. Then for Honda charging claims fast charging of 10 to 15 minutes faster than the current model's average time.