Honda is killing its EVs — and any chance of competing in the future | TechCrunch
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Honda's decision to kill its three EVs for the U.S. market will reverberate far beyond North America.
  • infinitevalence@discuss.onlineEnglish
    7·
    19 hours ago

    Guess I wont be buying a Honda then :(

    I have been holding on to my Odyssey in hopes that I would get an EV or PHEV Odyssey. Will be interested in seeing what the upcoming Merc Van looks like on the inside. Test drove the Buzz and its ok, just not as functional as my Odyssey.

    • Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      17 hours ago

      I would kill (not literally) to have an EV or PHEV minivan. My household is currently a PHEV Mitsubishi Outlander and an old Toyota Sienna.

      It is amazing being able to plug in at my rental townhouse even with just a basic 110v outlet and have it charged overnight.

        • Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          13 hours ago

          Closest on the market in the USA but price is high (at least range is also excellent) however it doesn’t have the sliding doors.

          I have five kids. While I absolutely do make it work with SUV doors it is such a stupid feature to miss out on. Sliding doors are an absolute miracle in terms of practicality by comparison.

          The other is the huge SUV nose. While it has a number of other issues that made me cross it off my list, like lack of bi directional heat pump, look at the ID.Buzz for proof of how short you can get the nose while meeting crash standards. They do cheat a bit by having a very long slope on the inside of the windshield but it is massively shorter than almost everything marketed as SUVs and with far better visibility to kids potentially running in front of the vehicle.

          I want something like the Staria or the PV7/PV9 available here. I do expect that if the USA doesn’t fully collapse we will get the PV7/PV9 eventually but I wouldn’t be surprised at all on a 5-6 year delay and small shipping numbers.