Honda has revealed its plans to introduce two all-new
models that can be charged from a wall socket: one plug-in hybrid and one
battery electric vehicle.
As with the turbo engine announcement, Honda was mum on
any further details about vehicle size, shape, style or electric range of the
new models, except that they both will be introduced “by 2018.” And in the car
world, that’s right around the corner.
But by late this year, the first of Honda’s new VTEC
turbocharged four-cylinder engines will start rolling off the line at Honda’s
Anna, Ohio, engine plant.
Honda did not reveal the displacement of said engines,
which models they might propel, or how much power and torque they are expected
to produce. But they will come—soon—and when the details emerge, we will
broadcast them to the world. After all, the 2.0-liter turbo in the new Civic
Type R that Honda is selling in Europe this year will produce “at least” 276
hp, and even if we don’t get the Civic Type R here, an engine like that would
be mighty nice to have in an Accord or a CR-V.
Innovation at its peak
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