Electric dreams come true as Honda reveals superstar car
ever want and which can be swapped over at the touch of a button.
While the driver is following the sat nav, the passenger can pick their favourite radio station, get on to the wifi, check the power f low, speak to the car’s personal assistant or request the latest news.
The screens are a never-ending source of help and information and you use them just as you would your iPhone.
There is a phone integrated into the car but you can also connect your own smartphone and use it remotely to find your car in a car park, check the charge level, make sure you locked the e or set the climate controls before you get in.
You can even send a digital key to someone so they can drive the car when you are away.
It comes with two electric power trains and two trims. The Advance is the more powerful at 154PS but you can’t sniff at 136PS either. They both work from a 35.5kWh battery, driving a motor over the rear wheels. This ensures a wellbalanced and positive drive. It’s also loads of fun because, being an electric car, the e just takes off from the moment you put your foot down.
It is willing and agile – a bit like a big puppy – and it will power along on the motorway too.
It recuperates power as you go and there are various ways to enhance this recuperation. We actually gained range at various points on our drive.
The Honda e is a remarkable car into which the design team have poured a lot of thought.
The only fault we found was in the rear-view mirror. The camera steamed up in the rain but then we clicked it and it became an ordinary mirror. Problem solved.
Sometimes you drive a car and you realise it is nothing like anything that has come before. The Honda e is one of those cars.
Interest has been huge, even in Scotland in those out- of- the- way places that you would not think would suit this type of car.
However, the Honda e looks like it is going to be one of those creations that breaks through all barriers.