TOKYO: Honda Motor Co Ltd is planning to launch 15 next-generation hybrid models globally by the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2030, primarily in North America.
The official name for the Japanese automaker's next-generation hybrid system is Honda Hybrid.
The global rollout of new models equipped with Honda Hybrid will begin in 2027.
Honda has been reallocating its development and production resources toward its hybrid vehicles' business.
The next-generation Honda Hybrid system is based on the technologies amassed through the development of e:HEV, the original Honda two-motor hybrid system.
Honda aims to improve the fuel economy of next-generation hybrid models via improvements such as expansion of the high-efficiency operating range of the engine and improvement of the efficiency and downsizing of the drive unit.
The next-generation hybrid models equipped with Honda Hybrid systems will be built on the newly developed platform that achieves both optimised rigidity and weight reduction through the adoption of a new approach to body rigidity management, which brings about vehicle behaviour as if the body is flexing during cornering and improving roadholding performance.
In addition, there will be new features such as a Motion Management System, original Honda integrated control technology, and a newly developed electric all-wheel-drive system (e-AWD).
