I would forgive this car any flaw it could possibly have. It's so friendly looking and high tech and I sincerely hope Honda will sell as many as they can produce

@Chrisb8s

4 жыл бұрын

@@jhchooo I agree about the ebike comment.

@amiddled

4 жыл бұрын

allride Honda need to find people like you otherwise this thing is going to be a sales failure. No middle rear seat, tiny boot/trunk, below average range and rapid charge speed, poor efficiency, relatively high price for a small car etc. the list goes on...

@wodenoftheangles3339

4 жыл бұрын

@@Chrisb8s I don't! eBike has nothing to do with it when considering buying a CAR!? Stupid comment.

@Channy132

3 жыл бұрын

My head says Renault Zoe, my heart says Honda e

@vaidulis2415

3 жыл бұрын

I wish they won't sell any, maybe then they will open their eyes, peoppe need decent saloons with decent range, not techny can on wheels.

For its intended purpose as a city car, I could live with the range. Everything else looks great, just a shame about the price. It's £5000 more than it's worth.

@gamingrj6378

4 жыл бұрын

It will be at rebate in few months,just wait

@PrimiusLovin

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I mean, if you live and drive around in a place like Tokyo metropolitan area this thing has got your commuting needs covered... and it's also easier to park, so I presume it will sell well in that kind of places provided there's the charging infrastructure already deployed.

@VolkerHett

4 жыл бұрын

Here in the City I don't need a car and when I want to visit my Mother I would have to drive very careful to reach the charging station on my way back :(

@TheAegisClaw

4 жыл бұрын

@@VolkerHett sure, it's not for everyone, my own city is about 30 miles across, so this range is fine, I'm fact the less range with my current Nissan Leaf 24kwh is not a problem.

@wermagst

4 жыл бұрын

For a city car, the e-up/Mii/Citigo are a much better bargain. And they even have a higher range, a larger boot and a 2-phase AC charger.

I collected my Honda e just over a week ago, and I'm pleased to say the range is better than I was expecting. The delivery date was delayed by about a month (July to August time) so that a software update could be made to the cars (already in the UK) before delivery to customers, and that update seems to have improved the range noticably. The demo car that I drove at the end of June only seemed to give about 100 miles per 100% charge, but my car (with 16" wheels rather than the wider 17" wheels) seems so far to be easily giving me about 145 miles range. From my calculations I'd estimate that the usable battery capacity is about 31.2 kWh, rather than the about 28.5 kWh of the demo car and the early cars like the one Bjorn drove. In the demo car I only managed 3.6 miles/kWh but in mine I'm getting about 4.6 - 4.8 miles/kWh average. I'm very happy with that!

I love the overall design aesthetic, interior features and quality - it's going to be a classic. Hopefully it will have Honda reliability and be offered with a larger battery in the future.

@eruma

4 жыл бұрын

As battery cells going to increase in capacity, we'll see one day an update too - is it from Honda? I don't know but if not, there will be some enthusiasts for sure.

@jorakarandas6592

4 жыл бұрын

@Jay Em you mean like the honda hybrid / ima battery systems? I hope you are joking.

@Pikminiman

4 жыл бұрын

@@jorakarandas6592 : I agree, Honda's IMA hybrid system isn't very good. I should know, my daily driver is a 2006 Civic Hybrid. But the reliability data seems to indicate that Honda's current hybrid system is extremely reliable, and it shares nothing with the old Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system. IMA is basically a belt-and-pulley CVT transmission with two electric motors. It adds complexity compared to just having a transmission. The new Honda hybrid system, however, has no transmission at all. With such a common point of failure just gone, it's down to the reliability of the electric motors, which are ridiculously simple mechanisms and proportionately reliable. Unfortunately, Honda has really fallen behind on hybrid car efficiency. Honda offers better hybrid car driving dynamics and performance, but at high speed, a current Honda Insight gets 42 MPG while a current Toyota Corolla Hybrid gets 54+ MPG, meaning the Honda gets 22% worse fuel economy at best.

It is lovely, just €10,000 over priced.

@MoltenArmour

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@TheLegend27.1

4 жыл бұрын

in Germany you can get this car for around 23´000 Euro.

@carminered

4 жыл бұрын

The Legend 27 where?

@silentzero7

4 жыл бұрын

I am not a fan of electric cars, Honda should bring this as hybrid.

@wermagst

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLegend27.1 In Germany you can also get the e-up/Mii/Citigo for 12-15 k€, with more range, a larger boot and faster AC charging (important for a city car). The Honda is just an expensive toy.

The 1,5Kw outlet is insane, you can literraly coock inside your car 😂

@jacockistitsworth9392

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, what?

@jrdnanitsua

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I'm confuse

But it looks so cute :3

@sgnoogle

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@ggfghjhddhnkyddfthjkgcdruh

4 жыл бұрын

UwU

@dashtesla

4 жыл бұрын

@@CyAn-S And I would argue that you can have a cute car if it's not your main car, I wouldn't mind having it for a third or fourth car but primary car there are better more sensible options today including the Model 3 and Kona.

@Chrisb8s

3 жыл бұрын

@@CyAn-S it would be better to buy a Chevy spark

You are so awesome and entertaining, Bjorn. Thank you so much for your videos!

Good job getting your hands on this car; I’ve been interested in seeing this thing!

As Always, another excellent and real world video regarding consumption. Thanks

Range sucks, load capacity sucks... yet it's so freaking cute I'd love to have one hehe.

HARD PASS. The range you're getting at this price was a good deal 10 years ago.

@dj33036

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the range will be after it's about 3 years old.

@andrewholst9656

4 жыл бұрын

@@dj33036 Knowing every other EV on the market, completely fine. EV batteries seem to be wearing nicely.

@Ignacio.Romero

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Holst If completely fine is 20% less range after a few years, then yes

@andrewholst9656

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ignacio.Romero Except that doesn't happen, but ok.

@nonameyet2205

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh look at the size of this car, you can't possibly expect way bigger battery from a car this small.

It looks old generation EV in range.

@Jaredscott89

3 жыл бұрын

It is 12.95kWh/100km WLTP. Kona Ev 64kWh is 13.22kWh/100km. Model 3 LR DM is 12.94kWh/100km. Seems to me it is at the pointy end of efficiency. Range is simply a function of battery capacity. If they had a bigger body, they could fit more cells and the range would rise proportionally.

2:24 Plug the car into itself 😂

@phiiz3r

4 жыл бұрын

All EV's should have this!

@BHBeckenbauer

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what would happen 😂

@tirtagttech512

4 жыл бұрын

@@BHBeckenbauer probably trigger the internal protection, because it will just generating heat and loses.

@TheophilusPWildbeest

4 жыл бұрын

Perpetual motion - brilliant! No doubt the orange American will claim the credit for that one. (A lot of people said it was his idea, a lot of people)

@OleTheill

4 жыл бұрын

"Selfcharging electric" - It has finally arrived.

This thing is awesome. I want one in the US soooo bad. Even the interior looks nice.

I love the looks, this and the CRZ are some of the coolest futuristic cars ever made

Would be so funny if you tried to charge another car😂😂😂😂

@per-mattiasnordkvist1599

4 жыл бұрын

FWB007 You know this has to be done Björn!

@user10476

4 жыл бұрын

The real test is to make two Honda e charge each other

@carlosmoreira779

4 жыл бұрын

Connect the 220 V to the charge port. You should be able to run forever!

@ethand4900

4 жыл бұрын

Haha he did

Bjørn's highspeed test is the only range number i care about. Hälsningar från Sverige!

One can finally clean their own car with a proper hoover in a car lot by using the main plug. Awesome feature. I love you Honda ♥️♥️♥️

Wow, less than gen 1 Roadster? But I really like the Style. Interested to see the hidden trunk space! Thank you for making these Videos! I know you have a lots of benefits, but still nobody does it like you do! Great work man, greetings from DEUTSCHLAND

Bright sunshine and 24 degrees at 10.45pm. Lovely!

Inspired by Bjørn and his testing procedure, I have done the same 120 km / h test on my Hyundai Ioniq 28. Constant 120 km/h GPS i.e. on Ioniq 125 km/h on cruise. The total distance was 50.9 km. Air temp. was 24° C and battery temp. at both start and end also 24° C. No A/C. The trip was done with a consumption of 14.6 kWh/100km. Return trip was 15.8 kWh/100km. The overall average was therefore 15.2 kWh/100km. This consumption that Ioniq achieves here, there are hardly any other electric cars that can cope with.

I hope that this style of rear view "mirrors" becomes the de facto standard in the auto industry. Better implementation than in the e-tron IMO. Sad that the battery is so small, maybe we'll see some evolutionary changes like with the BMW i3 battery.

@DG-uv3zw

4 жыл бұрын

Side mirrors cameras and Lcd seems like too much tho... I`m all for new gadgets but...it seems over-engineered and without any significant gain...

@MrPaukann

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how it is at night. Cameras are usually worse than eyes at night.

@Mgoblagulkablong

4 жыл бұрын

People need to stop with the whole range anxiety and battery size craze. It's just a huge waste of harmful and expensive lithium. 90%+ of people don't even drive 150+ km nonstop. So for nearly all people this battery size is big enough, if the car had a bigger battery they wouldn't use it at all and just carry around the lithium batteries as dead weight, so for nearly all people a bigger battery would only have big drawbacks. Stop the range anxiety and battery size "arms race", start right sizing.

@CockroachSlidy

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mgoblagulkablong Big batteries lose a lot less capacity over time. They don't get as much charging cycles and almost never discharged below 20%. For example 2014 Teslas still have 80% - 90% of their factory capacity, while Leafs require battery replacements.

@thomasfriberg225

4 жыл бұрын

@@yourcrazybear For me range is not the most important thing. It's the speed and availability of fast chargers that matters. I drive a Tesla M3P, and do around 50.000 km/year. I also drive longer trips of up to 1.000 km in a day, and I see no problem having an electric car, since it charges at 175-250 KwH/hour, which means a 15 minute stop every two hours.

I am a simple man. I see a video by Bjorn. I click the like button. And then I watch the video. Btw. if you have one, you should indeed try playing with a Switch / PS4 in this car. :D

@overtaxed3628

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, another simpleton and even proud of it !!! That joke was funny 5 years ago, today just sound retarded so wake up, it's 2020.

@youtubewts

4 жыл бұрын

@@overtaxed3628 WTF?! Bit OTT?!

Saw some at the dealer in South-Germany: It got such impressively high-quality build and style, no compromises. Luckily i need something bigger :)

A charming little citycar!

Can you do a video about the infotainment system, like in the Xpeng? I'm interested to see what those 3(+1) screens can do.

thanks Bjorn , I've been waiting for this car to be tested by you for a long time...as we all know it would seems Honda are pitching at a very different market (city based) from the other manufacturers and showing that not all ev's should be judged by the same criteria - though I do love your parity style testing...actually have a deposit on one in the uk but still undecided on whether to follow through or stick to zipcar in London.

Thank you for this upload. The Honda dealer near us will have the Honda E on tour show end of the week, so I can see it for real. The range is bit worried for me, but more worried about if I can get the food items I buy at the market in the car without putting the seats down at the back. Thats make me bit sad. Feels more like an extra car, not the main car.

10:45 pm and still sunny! Gotta love Norway 🇳🇴

Cute little car, Love it in white 😊

Bjørn, what RFID card do you use with Ionity?

Same price as the e-niro, half the range and almost double consumption= best seller.

This is my dream electric car it only lacks range 220 km is just not enough compared to the competition the Skoda citygo , the Renault Zoe, e golf etc. When it comes to looks this knocked it out of the park.😊

That 1.5 kW schuko outlet is great for boiling noodle water. 🍜 No need for bringing pre-warmed water anymore.

I had this on my shopping list but even though it might have enough range for my daily work commute. It falls short for my weekend commutes. Also one issue with the side mirror cameras, is that unlike a standard mirror, you can't simply move you head to shift the view

Love your consistency, on-point insights and methodology Bjorn! The only reliable tests! Car itself is disappointing, however. Very poor efficiency for its size and bad charging speed - definitely not acceptable for a brand new 2020 car. Also the range you get for the price is awful. Looks great, though.

Based on price/performance/design, you can call this one of the following: an exercise in design, a collectible, a beta-test exclusive to fund Honda's RND into electric mobility.

Another great video - how do you reduce the noise from your videos to make it sound so quiet in the cars?

@bjornnyland

4 жыл бұрын

Røde microphone.

@dabradley72

4 жыл бұрын

Bjørn Nyland Do you record your sound separately or straight to the camera?

I really like its 70's Civic clues. It reminds me of "Police Academy".

@audiophilehead

3 жыл бұрын

oh maan me too

I have a leaf 27kwt with 100k km, why should I buy honda ev?

Bjorn, will you be doing some city driving - as you did with the e208 ?

The interior of this car looks so beautiful..

Please do a review on the infotainment system. Thank you.

Pilot Sport 4?! How much more range could you get with eco tires?

Great video! Enjoyed it!

Bjorn, do you think it would be a nice idea for you to test Skoda Enyaq iV sometime when it is launching this year?

@bjornnyland

4 жыл бұрын

It depends on Skoda of course...

Very stylish little car, I like it a lot, but 23 kWh/100km at higher speed is a lot and makes it useless for highway....

You can go camping with this thing, power wherever you want.

The displays - all the way across the dash, plus the rearview camera-are fantastic. Leaves a Tesla owner jealous. Put these displays in a model Y and no one would buy anything else.

@ashrafjacobs446

4 жыл бұрын

I don't own a Tesla. But I don't think tesla owners will be jealous. Those screens look like gimmick

Range maybe is not the best but one thing I do know and its a very nice designed car. Hats of to Honda!

The only Honda I’ve ever liked! So cool. But yes it could do with a little more range 🔋

I wonder if it stops dead at 0% range, or if some of that missing battery capacity is bottom reserve. It seems odd that they would dedicate so much to the top buffer.

that's so awesome that we have cars with cameras instead of mirrors!

Like to see how far it could go on the autobahn? 50KM??

Everthing said already: too expensive for most of us for not ideal EV specs. But I guess it will find its lovers. Thank you for the Video.

So Ford has started putting convex mirrors on its side mirrors, and it's *really* helpful... Maybe these "video mirrors" will follow suit...

VW e-Golf heated front windshield is 👌

@wermagst

4 жыл бұрын

Also available in e-up/Mii/Citigo 👍

@wodenoftheangles3339

4 жыл бұрын

Ford technology.

What's the deal with no center armrest? That would drive me nuts.

@angryfish401

4 жыл бұрын

Same my current armrest is cracked and destroyed because I use it so much

@humphreybrogart8392

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever used an armrest in my life

@TheRCish

4 жыл бұрын

@@angryfish401 How fat are you?

Very nice car! So high-tech, all new design trends in it. I like it, I forgive it all disadvantages. Buuut, I haven't seen its price yet.

I like the rear "mirros" and the whole dash. @Bjørn Nyland Any plans on getting your hands on a Mazda MX-30? I was all disapointed when i first heard the specs, but maybe it's not that bad after all. It's cheaper than this Honda e at least, bigger batterie, fancy styling and Japanese build quality just like the Honda. Would love to see you put banana boxes in and have a little road trip with it.

@bjornnyland

4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea.

Love the look of it. I only need a car to do 20 miles in each direction to work and back, I don't drive at all apart from commuting so this would be great but alas it costs too much.

For using as a city car - good parameters and equipment.

The car is a real looker and high-tech through and through, and an excellent choice for commuting, city driving and short trips around town. But a simple Brussels-Paris, for example, would take ages.

@Mgoblagulkablong

4 жыл бұрын

You don't seem to realize how far 150km is. You can literally drive across 10 cities with that range. How many people drive Brussels-Paris...

@HenriZwols

4 жыл бұрын

Route from centre of Brussels to centre of Paris is 312 km. If you leave full and don't mind arriving empty, you only have to stop for one charge.

Is the City Car even a thing in 2020? Sad to see another promising concept become another compromised product.

You should test how Long it takes to charge your tesla from the honda.

Consumption is pretty high, but the WLTP with the (optional?) 16” wheels is actually lower than the 220km you mentioned. It’s a likeable car though

I really like this car, even though it's expensive. To me the range is not an issue as I would use it as a city car. I recently got a smart fortwo EQ which has less range because I wanted a small car. I had owned an ICE smart fortwo and balked at the 80 mile range of the BEV version. So I checked my Google maps timeline for the previous 3 years and my longest car journey was 70 miles, and then on just three occasions. I'm pretty sure I'll get this at the end of next year unless something more interesting is on sale by then.

Wonder how that chargeport will handle the Norwegian winter with snow

It’s such a great looking car, wish they put a bit bigger battery in it.

Cabin noise seems to be a little loud. If true, that's consistent with my fossil Honda Accord.

What a cute car. ❤️

Interesting entrance into the EV Market. Looks very similar to the Jazz

Sorry for off topic - any signs of Polestar full set of tests?

@bjornnyland

4 жыл бұрын

No

I understand the comments about not having a longer range. because for the money, it's not enough, but for it's intended purpose it is fine. I would personally rather just buy a used Chevy Spark EV that gets about the same range for less than $8,000 usd

Those tires are great, but there is definitely some range and efficiency to be gained with dedicated eco tires. Strange they went with Pilot Sports on this car.

Can you play PS4 on the car? I mean there's a plug and hdmi in, can you please try?

Did you check the tyre pressure? how much is Honda recommending?

@kasmopaya2676

4 жыл бұрын

You are talking about the EV ambassador here, of cores he checked the pressure.

Må lage bedre batteri da?

This car would be great for driving around Oslo in, but long distance would obviously be tough. Still LOVE this car tho!!

how much the full price please i love it thanks

Given the choice I'd have one of these over the Mini Electric any day. WLTP for the Mini is listed as ~240 km, 'real world' have been closer to ~155 km with 32.6 kWh pack / 29 kWh useable, ~1400 kg curb weight

In the table of weight distribution (around 5m 54s) it lists the Honda e as having a 45.5kWh battery pack. It should, of course, be 35.5kWh.

@bjornnyland

4 жыл бұрын

Corrected

What about snow or ice getting into the charging port? What a bad location.

Even in The Netherlands the range is not enough to go from the middle of the country to one of the corners (Groningen or Zeeland). A drive from less than 2 hours.

Honda e has the same size battery as the Mazda MX-30. Will you be able to get your hands on the Mazda to compare?

@bjornnyland

4 жыл бұрын

It depends on Mazda of course.

@vg4902

4 жыл бұрын

@@bjornnyland Just tell them you have many banana boxes. I'm sure they will hand one right over! Should have a clear advantage over the Honda.

Good for a city car though. Not sure how it is in regards to price of the vehicle.

Its a very nice car, but what lets it down is the price. Given the competition from many other EVs in that price range, I don't know how anyone can justify owning one. It's just a fashion accessory at the moment. Maybe next year when they see the poor sales they will lower the price to a more reasonable level. The battery is still too small for a 2020 Ev regardless of what they do.

Damn that read mirror though. I normally don't like wood as it looks like shit in expensive cars. Here it's not shiny and looks actually quite ok.

Nice to see this was one of the cars I was considering to buy as a electric ev now I think a Nissan leave is better hoping on Vw ID3 is coming out before the end of the year because then my lease contract will end and I have to get a new car

@AleksanderHoff

4 жыл бұрын

The Leaf is not a good choice these days.. would check out the Hyundai Kona instead if you want a cheaper car with lots of range.

My only question: Better to buy a Honda e in 2020 or wait for Tesla M1 ;-) ? I have already tested the Honda e for a short trip, but was a little bit disappointed about its acceleration. My I3s makes more fun so at the moment i don´t know what to buy as the next bev. A rear wheel drive, short Hot Hatch with about 200hp and 300km wltp will be very welcome ;-)

@HenriZwols

4 жыл бұрын

It depends. What do you need the car for? If your answer is "Style. It needs to look good and nothing else matters" then buy this car. It'll be perfect for you.

@iainansell5930

4 жыл бұрын

ahem VW ID.3... AHEM...

Are you going to test the Polestar 2?

@bjornnyland

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, of course.

@Creophilia

4 жыл бұрын

@@bjornnyland Looking forward to that one

@user-yn5sk5ru5g

4 жыл бұрын

@@Creophilia i feel the Polestar 2 is one of the most anticipated EV's at the moment. Expect a lot of views on a review of that car

Great video 👍

I know that Honda themselves admit the 17” wheels make a big dent in the range. I also wonder what the range will be like once they have some experience of how the battery copes in the real world? Will they do a Tesla and update the car to allow for more range?

@DG-uv3zw

4 жыл бұрын

Even with 16inch you will get 10% at most... They can only unlock some of that buffer but again, at most 10% and you will lose some of the speed of charging at top buffer... It is what it is...

225 section tyres? On a city car?? Narrower tyres would easily increase that range to over 200km.

@thomasfrederiksendk

4 жыл бұрын

Martijn Kösters WLTP figure is with the 16” wheels, so yes.

@lucasrem

4 жыл бұрын

Martijn Kösters How long did you drive this Honda, why you say that?

@CoolSilver

4 жыл бұрын

Wider tires give it stability and able to handle the battery weight easier

@Jaredscott89

3 жыл бұрын

Pilot Sport 4's too! Fairly sticky compound.

great review again🤗. Very much a novelty car from Honda not much of a market in Europe or US better and cheaper alternatives available now. Better value now is the e2008. I hope next you can test e2008 SUV and the Volvo XC40 recharge 👌

@HenriZwols

4 жыл бұрын

But the e2008 isn't pretty.

Indeed 17 inches wheels are a tad too big, with 16 inches low rolling resistance ones should get 5-10km more of range

There are 3 problems with Honda E, despite the japanese craftsmannship: a. short nose: collision issues in an accident b. ultra small trunk: not really suited for a shopping city car c. a perfectly executed Mazda MX30, with perfect layout / size for the same price

Range not good. But darn, that car is pretty! Isn't this one for adding to a car collection? Instead of driving it? (not that I have a car collection)

How light was it at 22.45😳