Japanese automaker, Honda has recently introduced the new generation City sedan and the WR-V facelift in the Indian car market. Despite COVID-19 Pandemic, Honda has decided to make new investment in our market with more products coming in near future. A new report claims that Honda will launch an all-new hybrid model in our market in 2021.
Speaking to Livemint, Gaku Nakanishi, president and chief executive, Honda Cars India said that the company is sticking with its plan of introduce hybrid vehicle. He further claimed that Honda has invested over 3-4 years in this project and does not plan to delay it further.
“There will be no change in our hybrid vehicle plan. Two years ago we shared the electrification strategy and we are going to start the production and sales of hybrid vehicle next year. Internally, to launch a new model we have to plan almost 5 years ahead and we have almost spent 3-4 years. At the moment we don’t have any plans to postpone the project,” said Gaku Nakanishi.
The company hasn’t revealed anything about the new hybrid car. It is expected that the company could introduce a hybrid version of the City or the next-generation Jazz. Previous reports claim that Honda is still considering the HR-V SUV for India. The next-gen model is scheduled to make global debut in early 2021. It could be positioned between the WR-V and the CR-V. The reports also claim that the next-gen HR-V will also receive the new hybrid powertrain option, which we have already seen on the new Jazz.
Honda was selling the Accord sedan with hybrid powertrain in India. However, the popular sedan was discontinued earlier this year. It was equipped with a 2.0L petrol engine coupled with two electric motors. This petrol + electric powertrain offers a combined power output of 212bhp.
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