Honda may not offer as extensive an array of hybrids
as one of its notable rivals, but it has done plenty. One of the few in which
it hasn't installed a gasoline-electric powertrain is the CR-V, but that
changed today at the Shanghai Auto Show.
Equipped with an unspecified two-motor hybrid
system, the CR-V Hybrid is hitting the Chinese market first, where it will be
produced by joint venture with Dongfeng and hit the local market in the second
half of this year.
The automaker has another dedicated hybrid in the
works that will be made locally for the North American market, and announced
one for the Chinese market as well. Those could very well prove to be versions
of the same, but we'll have to wait to find out more.
