The 0 Collection Saloon will use a nickel-manganese-cobalt battery with a capability of 80-90 kWh, for an estimated vary of greater than 300 miles. Bigger fashions shall be supplied with packs of round 100 kWh.

One other key know-how shall be megacasting, with Honda utilizing particular presses to create massive elements of the platform in single forged elements, which is able to cut back each complexity and weight. In complete, Honda claims its 0-series fashions will weigh round 100kg lower than current-generation EVs of the same dimension.

The corporate additionally detailed a few of the cutting-edge know-how that may make the 0 Collection EVs ‘good’, together with a brand new software program working system developed in-house that may run all the important thing car programs. Honda notably referred to as it Asimo OS, a nod to the sequence of humanoid robots it has produced since 1986.

The Asimo working system shall be used to combine the assorted digital management items for car programs, comparable to computerized driving and superior driver aids, with the infotainment programs within the car. It is going to be repeatedly added through over-the-air updates.

The sporty focus of Honda fashions shall be furthered by software-controlled 3D gyrosensors, which shall be used to use stabilization management through programs Honda says it has developed on its robots.