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Published on December 15th, 2011 | by Charis Michelsen

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Honda Designs Electric Sports Car, Considers Gasoline Version

honda ev-sterBefore the Tokyo Motor Show, we talked a little bit about Honda’s electric sports car concept, which Honda is calling the “EV-STER.” Honda is indeed taking their idea to production, likely starting in 2012. Check out the gallery below for pictures of Honda’s design.

Quick and Electric (Mostly)

The electric version of the EV-STER has a 100-mile range with a top speed of 100mph, according to Honda. Note use of the phrase “electric version” – Honda CEO Takanobu Ito told Auto Motor und Sport that a classic gasoline-powered version of the car is also potentially viable.

Honda isn’t stopping there – they’re also expected to introduce an economical all-wheel drive compatible with electric motors at the Detroit Auto Show in January. A V6 combustion engine and a 30 kW electric motor combine to power the front axle, while the rear axle is driven by two separate 20 kW electric motors. The all-wheel system is installed in a Honda Accord while in development, but its premiere in Detroit is supposed to be in a new super sports car.

It’s All About the Green

The EV-STER and the all-wheel drive are part of a marketing campaign that should significantly reduce Honda’s fleet consumption over the next few years. Ito also said that CO2 emission reduction is Honda’s greatest challenge, adding that Honda also wants to be number one in minimal fuel consumption over the next three years. The goal? To reduce CO2 output by another 30% by 2020.

Other models expected to help Honda meet its goals include the small Honda Jazz – available in both Japan and the USA in 2012 – and a plug-in hybrid version of the Accord coming in 2013. New economical engines will be coupled with these low-consumption vehicles.

Planning on buying one of Honda’s fuel-efficient offerings? Let us know in the comments below the gallery.

Source: Auto Motor und Sport | Images: Honda.



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About the Author

spent 7 years living in Germany and Japan, studying both languages extensively, doing translation and education with companies like Bosch, Nissan, Fuji Heavy, and others. Charis has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. She also believes that Janeway was the best Star Trek Captain.



  • Uncle B

    Far surpasses any engineering the “Big 3″ ever imagined, and even the Civic can be run on Compressed Natural Gas! We await a hybrid model for longer tours, higher efficiencies? Will Americans ever engineer a better car than the Asians do now? not likely. U.S. stuck in its own mud on superior Hemp bodies for cars from the University of Alberta, Canada. Yes folks, lighter, stronger than steel, corrosion proof, and you can just re-grow them, Hemp in Canada yields up to two or three crops a year, soon to be the base for the world’s paper production, cloth production surpassing even cotton, (machines coming from the Pan Eurasian Empire as we speak) Watch now as trade increases outside the scope of the narrow minded American marketplace for Canadian goods, products and innovations. We do so have Lithium deposits too. Rare Earths? Prospectors are working diligently as we speak, Great mining school in Sudbury, Ontario gearing up!
    Canada fears the American paradigm, we work hard to not be sucked down in the U.S. vortex, and break new ground in trade around the world as fast as we can. We will support our neighbors to the south in any way that does not suck us into their paradigm too – they are after all mostly blood relatives or dear friends caught up in a bad situation. Good luck to you!

  • DaveD

    Uncle B,
    Can you just talk about the good things going on in Canada and shut up about America? Do you have some kind of genetic defect that causes your need to slander others? Did your daddy not give you enough attention or something?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000952005408 Uncle B

    “Ford family” for three generations – bought a Pinto death trap in 1973. more than disappointed – crushed! Faith was destroyed, a trust broken, Goddammit! how could they? Had a 55 Ford with a flathead six never a problem – what the Hell happened at Ford? Friend spent his hard earned wages in the hardrock mines here on a Vega – burned oil from day one – rusted so fast the paint shop refused even to try keeping a coat of paint on it – his Dad told him to buy GM! Watch savings disappear due to inflation caused by the U.S. Feds money printing sprees – saw Iceland bamboozled to bankruptcy by New York Banksters, not a nice sight for a faithful ally of the West. Many things “American’ have far reaching consequences that Americans don’t always realize – internet is one forum for complaint – my relatives, my family in Detroit, feel the same way as I do about many things “American” that have far reaching and very adverse effects on this whole world – America does an overwhelming amount of good too – we don’t bitch about that at all, but we rarely acknowledge it either – My apologies for that fact. Understand that each criticism offers a challenge for America to keep up the good fight, a fight Canadians know Americans can win – even in the face of the current adversities – and we expect you to do so, not by wearing ‘blinkers of denial’ but by clear vision of the problems, and a SMART path to their solutions. You have always come through – don’t stop to pout now! Now is the time for world famous Yankee determination Yankee ingenuity and real answers for a rough situation! Sorry I was so hard hearted, I mean to challenge , not draw anger, to help bring on the Yankee spirit not quell it! Even in these times of severe paradigm shifts even in your own land, and throughout the world. Buck up old friend Canada has your northern border, you back and we stand on guard for all!

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  • http://www.classiccarbase.com/Show_cars.aspx?CARID=67 1989 Ferrari Testarossa

    I don’t know much about EV-STER.I like Ferrari,really fantastic car,gives good experience to drive.

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  • Burlina Black

    The EV-STER is an exciting new concept electric sports car unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show by Honda Motor Company. It is a two-seater with a carbon fiber body to reduce weight. The EV-STER is equipped with a lithium-ion battery and has an output of 78 horsepower. Honda says it sprints from zero to 37 mph in 5.0 seconds and has a range of about 99 miles. Its styling takes cues from the CR-Z and S2000 but the EV-STER is significantly smaller than those cars, it rides on a 91.5-inch wheelbase and is 12 feet long. Honda plans to offer the production version of the car with either a gasoline engine or as a pure electric vehicle. With the pure electric drivetrain, this show car will be more suited to top-down fun in the city than the on the open road. The driver uses a yoke to steer rather than a wheel, and the cockpit has displays geared toward the electric power train. The instrument panel features not only meters, but also the vehicle information display which enables the driver to enjoy driving as well as the network display used for the audio and navigation systems and also for the internet access. See more pictures of the EV-STER in our gallery and discuss this concept car in the forum.

    evsterforum.com

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