Unveiling the Honda "e Prototype"

Honda has pledged for 100 per cent of its European sales to comprise electrified cars by 2025, meaning everything - including the successor to the Civic Type R - will use at least hybrid power. The announcement, which coincided with the reveal of the Prototype EV hatchback in Geneva, builds on the car maker's earlier intention for 80 per cent of its global sales to be electrified by the same year, and suggests Honda's core line-up will be gradually shifted towards using battery electric power over the coming decade.

The production version of the e Prototype, the toned-down follow-up to the retro Urban EV, will kick things off before the Sports EV follows, using the same rear-drive platform in a more driver-focussed form. They'll join the existing hybrid models, the CR-V and, of course, the NSX, while the replacements for today's Civic, HR-V and CR-V ought to also gain some form of electrification - or, perhaps, be replaced by new clean sheet electrified variants.