The star of Honda’s booth at the 2017 Detroit auto show is the new 2018 Odyssey with its configurable seats, floating roof, and 10-speed automatic transmission. But a footnote announcement revealed that Honda is bringing an all-new dedicated hybrid in 2018 and will begin using its two-motor-hybrid system in its light-truck lineup.
These plans are key pieces in Honda’s overall electrification initiative. According to Honda president and CEO Takahiro Hachigo, half of Honda’s all-new vehicle launches in the next two years will feature some sort of electric-drive technology, and the company has set a goal to have two-thirds of all sales come from electrified vehicles by 2030. Its ambitious objective is to cut total C02 emissions in half from 2000 levels by 2050.
Honda didn’t give many details about what form the new hybrid model will take, but the company noted that it will use the same two-motor system employed in the Honda Accord hybrid, which gets an EPA-rated 49 mpg city/47 mpg highway. The hybrid model will complement the Clarity, seen below, which is currently available as a fuel-cell vehicle and will be joined by all-electric and plug-in-hybrid versions this year.
Honda also is scheduled to announce a two-motor-hybrid application for its light-truck lineup, which includes the HR-V, CR-V, Pilot, Odyssey, and Ridgeline. A Honda rep wouldn’t specify which vehicle will be the recipient or whether it’s more than one. A CR-V hybrid makes sense to compete with the Toyota RAV4 hybrid, and an Odyssey hybrid to compete with the new Chrysler Pacifica hybrid would appear to have particularly short odds, given that Honda already sells a hybrid Odyssey with the two-motor setup in Japan.
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