Honda has confirmed it will soon reveal a new electric SUV to join its 0 Series electric vehicle (EV) sub-brand, which the local arm of the Japanese automaker told CarExpert earlier this year could come to Australian showrooms.
Along with announcing it will unveil a new “affordable” electric SUV at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, which opens to the public on October 30, 2025, Honda released a single teaser image showing a unique roofline and what appeard to be smaller overall proportions than the 0 Series SUV it pulled the covers off earlier this year.
The 0 Series of dedicated EVs was first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2025 with a pair of concepts – a large SUV and a sedan.
While Toyota has copped criticism for only offering a single EV in Australia, Honda – which beat its Japanese rival to the punch here with the first hybrid, the Honda Insight, back in 2001 – is yet to offer an EV.
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Honda Australia told media earlier this year that it will launch its first battery-powered model here in 2026 – and that it wants the 0 Series models for local showrooms. When asked by CarExpert which models it is seeking to release, managing director Rob Thorp said: “All of them”.
In confirming its first EV in 2026 – alongside a new, hybrid-powered Prelude sports car – Honda Australia did not confirm if an 0 Series model will be its first electric model to grace local showrooms, or whether it would be followed by other EVs from its global lineup.
This may include the eNy1 electric SUV, which is based on the HR-V small SUV and sold in the UK in right-hand drive, making it a prime candidate.
Whether they are the first or among the first Honda EVs sold here, the 0 Series models could be the first vehicles in Honda Australia showrooms to be made in China.
The Tokyo show will also see Honda display a closer-to-production prototype version of the Super EV Concept city car, which is similar in size to the Hyundai Inster and Fiat 500e urban electric hatchbacks, and was revealed at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.
Australia missed out on the previous Honda e urban EV, sold between 2020 and 2024, which featured retro styling in a homage to the original 1972 Civic hatch.
Globally, Honda has pulled back on its investment in electric cars, slashing its ¥10 trillion (A$105 billion) EV budget by one-third earlier this year and abandoning its previous goal of EVs accounting for 30 per cent of its sales by 2030.
Instead, Honda has switched its focus to hybrid vehicles, which its Australian division expects to account for 90 per cent of its sales as soon as mid-2026.
