An replace on the standing of the Honda e:N1 in Thailand. Having made its debut within the Kingdom final March on the earlier Bangkok Worldwide Motor Present (BIMS), it was then introduced that the all-electric SUV was not going to be offered out there, however would solely be accessible by way of a leasing programme from 12 automotive rental suppliers, with the leasing price for it ranging from 29,000 baht (RM3,800) a month.
Now, precisely a yr later, Honda Thailand says that the EV will lastly be accessible for buy and has formally introduced pricing for the mannequin, doing so at first of this yr’s version of BIMS. Within the Kingdom, the mannequin – which relies on the HR-V – will go for 1.199 million baht (RM157,000), and the battery and whole EV drive system will probably be coated with an eight-year/160,000 km guarantee.
Basic specs for the car stay unchanged, however it’s attention-grabbing to notice that the newest communication concerning the B-segment providing additionally mentions that the retail examples in Thailand will probably be CBU fully-imported models from China, as assembled by Dongfeng Honda Vehicle.
Ought to this be the case, it might be a curious improvement, on condition that in December 2023, the automaker had introduced native manufacturing had begun for the car at its Thai plant at Rojana Industrial Park, Prachinburi, making it the primary Japanese BEV to be assembled within the nation.
Whereas it has been ascertained that examples beneath the leasing programme in Thailand are locally-assembled models, it might properly be that the automaker has discovered that it might be less expensive to go along with CBU or it may very well be that construct potential on the Rojana plant isn’t capable of meet anticipated demand for the car on a regional foundation – the e:N1 is coming our method later this yr, and additionally it is accessible by way of leasing in Indonesia, with the subscription price being 22 million rupiah (RM5,890) a month over a interval of 5 years.
In any other case, it’s established order for equipment and options as per its debut final yr. The e:N1 is powered by a front-mounted three-in-one electrical motor – which integrates the motor, energy drive unit and gearbox – producing 204 PS (201 hp or 150 kW) and 310 Nm of torque from 0-4,621 rpm, with drive despatched to the entrance wheels. Efficiency figures embody a 0-100 km/h acceleration time of7.7 seconds and a prime velocity of 160 km/h.
Power for the e:N1 is saved in a 96-cell 68.8 kWh ternary lithium-ion battery, which presents as much as 412 km of WLTP-rated journey (500 km on the NEDC customary). The unit helps DC CCS2 charging at as much as 78 kW, the place it takes round 45 minutes for the unit to get from a ten% to 80% state-of-charge. In the meantime, charging at 11 kW AC will take six hours to juice up the pack.
Exterior gear contains multi-spoke 18-inch two-tone alloys, auto on/off LED headlights with LED DRLs and entrance fog lamps, entrance LED sequential flip alerts, a smoked LED tail gentle strip, a rear spoiler and a shark fin antenna.
As for inside equipment, the automotive comes with with black sports-design leather-based seats adorned with white trim and blue stitching. Elsewhere, the centre console has been redesigned to deal with a big, vertically-oriented 15.1-inch Superior Contact Show Audio touchscreen panel with wi-fi Apple CarPlay/Android Auto and a ten.25-inch TFT multi-information show, together with a easy shift knob association and an digital parking brake change.
One different change from when it was solely accessible by way of subscription in Thailand, and that’s a rise in exterior color selections from one to 2 with the introduction of Crystal Black Pearl to the palette. When first introduced, Premium Daylight White Pearl was the one color for the automotive.
With the e:N1 set to make its method right here within the coming future, it lastly occurring sale in Thailand gives a giant trace that the electrical SUV will possible go the identical route for Malaysia, and now we have now an indicative value as properly. Will it edge near or beneath the RM150k mark when it does? The reply to that, in addition to the place will probably be sourced from, in the end.
GALLERY: Honda e:N1 on the 2024 Bangkok Worldwide Motor Present
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