New Honda HR-V 2021: first details of the new hybrid SUV from Honda

Honda has already booked the date on the calendar, 18 February, to present its new Honda HR-V. The small Japanese SUV will thus join the Honda CR-V and the Honda Jazz and Crosstar in Honda’s range of electrified models, which keeps the Honda e as its only 100% electric version. Here you can read our road test of the Honda CR-V, and here our road test of the Honda Jazz and Crosstar hybrids.

For now, little more than the presentation date can be anticipated about the 2021 Honda HR-V, since the Honda teaser barely reveals the silhouette of the new generation, and the e:HEV logo that identifies the hybrid propulsion system.

A hybrid that runs for a long time in electric mode

What we do know is that, with the e:HEV system, the Honda HR-V will be able to carry the ECO label from the DGT. We also know it uses the two-motor system, generator and drive motor, used by the Honda CR-V.

What does this mean? That unlike most hybrid cars, Honda opts for a system in which a powerful electric motor drives the wheels most of the time. For its part, the petrol engine, which can also drive the wheels in some situations, powers a generator that produces electricity on board to feed the electric motor when the car runs in hybrid mode.

In the case of the CR-V, for example, in urban driving the CR-V is capable of covering almost 80% in electric mode, thanks to its large capacity to regenerate energy on board when it runs in hybrid mode the rest of the time. And at speeds between 40 and 80 km/h, which we can associate with interurban driving, it runs in electric mode almost 50% of the time. Something that will surely be maintained in the HR-V, allowing it to boast very low consumption figures.

Technical specifications of this car

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