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No mention of the Sony / Honda Afeela EV shown at CES for the past 3 years? That one canceled too then?
this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
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Most show cars never get released.
Consumers, mostly those who buy EVs from the likes of Tesla, Rivian, and BYD, have grown accustomed to the frequent updates, slick infotainment software, and advanced driver assistance systems of Tesla, Rivians, Nio or Xiaomi. Honda has yet to make significant progress in any of those domains.
Not me!
My dream car is a “dumb” EV with a tablet mount.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The first company that makes a "1990 civic hatchback, but as an EV" will fucking print money. Shoot for 170-200 miles of range in a small, efficient, and affordable EV. Keep the tech simple and make it "driver focused". Once people are clamoring for those, release a "sport model" with dual motors and upgraded suspension.
The Rivian R3 looks promising.
$25000
Then...
dual rear hub motors, 540hp.
Renault is killing it in Europe, coming to Canada 2029.
Oh yeah. Strong "first car" energy there.
My parents have the yellow one. It's a perfect little car.
Exactly. At least in the US we've grown "accustomed" to those features on high-end EVs because that's all we have here. Market affordable electric vehicles and they would have sold like crazy, even before gas prices skyrocketed due to Trump's pointless war...
Yeah you say that yet there are a number of EVs that are less expensive than gas vehicles and yet they still haven't sold like hotcakes. Overall you still have a lack of Ev adoption. I personally would love to have an Ev, but the lack of range is what really gets me. And the charge time on top of that. I drive far too much sometimes having to fill my gas tank 4 days a week. And the amount of time I would spend charging even at home would be prohibitive. My second car could definitely be an EV, but never my primary.
I was pleased to read VW crowing that they were “bringing back buttons” to the dashboard.
https://www.slate.auto/en/slatemaker?garageDrawerExperience=false
They're designed to use your own phone or tablet, running their app, so probably not all "dumb", but close to
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We have a hard enough time selling people on the idea of electric cars here in the US. I mean, you can charge those anywhere. But hydrogen??? Yeah, good luck with that.
Honda always markets themselves as being innovative, but they’re a huge disappointment in this regard.
Honda has never been innovative with cars. They just make boring cars designed by committees.
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