- Honda has introduced that it’s going to launch a hybrid model of the Civic compact automotive for the 2024 mannequin 12 months.
- The corporate says the Civic hybrid might be provided in each sedan and hatchback physique kinds and might be powered by a model of the powertrain within the bigger Accord hybrid.
- Hybrid fashions won’t exchange the gasoline ones at the moment provided however might be bought alongside them when it hits the market in 2024.
The following step in Honda’s plan to hybridize its lineup will come within the type of the 2024 Civic Hybrid, which might be provided each as a sedan and a hatchback. The corporate’s electrification plans embrace shifting to a completely electrical lineup by 2040, however rising its hybrid choices within the meantime is supposed to bridge that hole.
We reported final April that Honda had launched a hybrid model of the Civic hatchback in Europe, and speculated that the automotive would additionally come stateside to fill the hole left by the discontinued Perception sedan. We’re unsure but precisely how Honda will alter the European automotive’s powertrain, which consists of a 2.0-liter inline-four and two electrical motors that mix for 181 horsepower, for the U.S. market. However we will solely hope that its output comes nearer to the 204 horsepower provided by the intently associated hybrid setup within the 2023 Accord hybrid.
Whereas shopper curiosity has moved from vehicles to gentle vans and SUVs, Honda nonetheless sees sedans and hatchbacks as vital components of its enterprise.
“The market has shifted away from passenger vehicles, however vehicles nonetheless matter to Honda, stated Mamadou Diallo, vp of car gross sales for American Honda. “The vehicles usher in youthful, extra multicultural consumers to the model.”
The introduction of a hybrid powertrain to the Civic lineup is a part of Honda’s plan to maintain these youthful consumers coming. Honda plans to open the order books for its all-electric Prologue SUV this 12 months as properly, which might be its first step towards the broader electrification of is lineup inside the coming years.
We anticipate finding out extra in regards to the Civic hybrid nearer to the automotive’s on-sale date, which must be in early 2024.
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