Honda has diverse lineup on display at the Japan Mobility Show 2023, featuring a smorgasbord of vehicles, from cars and bikes to robots and even an aircraft. Stealing the spotlight is the reborn Prelude, now a production-intent concept sports car. But that’s not all – Honda has a few more tricks up its sleeve, including the Sustaina-C Concept, a sustainable small hatchback crafted from recycled materials, and the CI-MEV, a heavy quadricycle primed for autonomous adventures.
The new Sustaina-C concept looks like a
boxier evolution of the Honda e, featuring a sustainable body made of recycled
acrylic resin. The same material was used for the Pocket Concept, a compact
electric two-wheeler with futuristic styling. On the other hand, the more
production-ready SC e: Concept is an electric scooter for urban environments,
featuring the swappable Honda Mobile Power Pack e: so that the user doesn’t
need to wait for charging.
Back to four-wheelers, the Honda CI-MEV is
a fully electric urban two-seater concept combining “Cooperative Intelligence”
and autonomous technology as a last-mile solution for people with a limited
range of movement. The concept looks like a possible competitor to microcars
and heavy quadricycles, although it is not clear if Honda is considering
putting it into production. The same applies to a mysterious prototype of a
light commercial EV that wasn’t included in the preview images. On a similar
note, the Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle is an experimental platform with
different kinds of attachments.
Exhibits are not limited to two-wheeler
and four-wheeler concepts, as the company is also showcasing an interior mockup
of the HondaJet Elite II small business jet, an exterior scale model of the
Honda eVTOL aircraft, a gas turbine hybrid system that is under development, an
“alter-ego” robot called Avatar, the Uni-One seated mobility device using
balance control, the Power Exporter e: 6000 portable external power supply
device, and other electric products using the swappable Honda Mobile Power Pack
e:.
Last but not least, Honda invites people
to create their own “dream project” using AI on a dedicated website. The
resulting drawings will be displayed on LED screens at the show alongside
Honda’s own projects, while visitors will be able to take them home in the form
of a card.


