Is this Honda’s All-Electric AWD Sports Car

Honda President Takahiro Hachigo revealed that a new sportscar is underway and it’s going to be an EV and not a hybrid as previous reports indicated.

“This car was developed by young engineers in our R&D department who were trying to see wht fun cars they could come up with”, he told Autocar.

“I personally have driven it and I would like to see it mass-produced. I hope the young engineers can, in the next phase, come up with a way of achieving that. There are some challenges in the way, but while I cannot say when we can launch a car like this, I want to see it happen as early as possible.”

It is a highly advanced project, with an electric motor at each wheel providing all-wheel drive. The racer had 444bhp thanks to a 50 kWh battery. The downside was that this added to the weight, making it tip the scales at a hefty 1,600 kg.