Honda lifts the lid on plans for electric city car with Super EV

Potential successor to axed Honda e tackles hillclimb at Goodwood show

- Alastair Crooks [e-mail]

THE market for small electric cars is gaining momentum, and Honda wants to get in on the action with the Super EV concept.

A city-focused electric car that potentially previews a successor to the slow-selling Honda e, the Super EV is based on a kei car in Japan called the N-One - although it's undergone several modifications to accommodate an electric powertrain.

Honda hasn't shared details of them yet, although the funky city car did make its global dynamic debut by driving up the famous hillclimb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.