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Geneva Preview: Honda 3R-C Concept is a funny little thing

Jonathon Ramsey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:27:00 EST

Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda, Electric

Honda 3R-C Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

Honda's bringing a concept car to the Geneva Motor Show that you would more expect to see in the design student gallery section - or Tron Legacy - than on a major automaker's platform. The 3R-C concept is a three-wheeled, battery-powered single-seater. We're going to assume the seating position in the rendering is a slight error of scale or that there's something more complex going on, otherwise, we don't know how the driver would see above the controls. At first we were confused about the driving position, but a belatedly complete set of press photos explains that the headrest-looking thing is actually a backrest...

It will be joined by the EV-N concept that is debuting in Europe for the first time, but that cute little number was initially shown at the Tokyo Motor Show. Follow the jump to read about both electric offerings, and check them out in the galleries of high-res photos below.

Gallery: Honda 3R-C Concept

Gallery: Tokyo 2009: Honda EV-N concept

[Source: Honda]

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Tokyo 2009: Honda EV-N concept combines future drive with retro style

Sam Abuelsamid — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:01:00 EST

Filed under: Concept Cars, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda, Electric

Honda EV-N concept - click above for high-res image gallery

Honda's new CEO Takanobu Ito started off his tenure at the head of the company today by unveiling a new plug-in battery electric concept. The EV-N showcar hides its futuristic electron pumping powertrain in a decidedly retro bodystyle thanks to a design reminiscent of the subcompact 600N of the Sixties.

Honda has yet to reveal much in the way of technical details about the diminutive hatch, but we do know it uses lithium-ion batteries and the electric motor drives the front wheels. The car can be started with a fob called the Loop that incorporates a display showing the driver know the battery pack's state of charge.

Not enough pint-size fun for you? Each of the EV-N's doors features a pocket that holds one of Honda's gyro controlled, omnidirectional U3-X unicycles.

Gallery: Tokyo 2009: Honda EV-N concept

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Tokyo Preview: Honda EV-N concept is retro-adorable, has unicycle storage

Alex Nunez — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:18:00 EST

Filed under: Concept Cars, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Hatchback, Honda, Electric

Honda EV-N Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

When the curtain rises on the Tokyo Motor Show next month, Honda's green-themed display will include what it calls the HELLO! Zone, a showcase for electric vehicles. Why "HELLO! Zone"? Well, we have no idea, other than it reminds us of a certain feline and that the Japanese clearly have a thing for all-caps names and exclamation points. In the HELLO! Zone, showgoers can say, uh, "hello" to the excruciatingly neat, relentlessly cute EV-N concept. It's a retro-styled battery-powered car with a face of a pug puppy crossed with a Trabant and nifty concept-y features like swappable seat fabrics, a solar roof, and a "communications system" embedded in the black front fascia. Most importantly, however, the EV-N's passenger door contains one of those bizarrely kickass UX-3 super gyroscopic robot unicycles, which pretty much makes the EV-N the coolest electric car of all time. We think. Anyhow, when Honda unveils an ASIMO that can both drive the EV-N and then self-deploy on the UX-3, it's time to go hide under your beds, because that'll be the signal that their robot army is ready for world domination. But we digress. Check out the high-res pics of the EV-N in the gallery below.

Gallery: 2009 Honda EV-N Concept

[Source: Honda]

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