The Honda S7 electrical crossover reached sellers throughout China earlier than the gross sales launch scheduled for March 6. This automobile boasts 4WD for 350 kW, a 24-inch display, and the Honda Sensing 360+ driving help system. The S7 is Honda’s newest try and strengthen its place within the extremely aggressive Chinese language market.
Honda S7 is an electrical SUV constructed by Dongfeng Honda. It was initially launched in China final 12 months as part of the newly fashioned Ye sequence. The complete identify of this crossover was Honda Ye S7. Not too long ago, Honda has distanced from Ye branding. Consequently, the ultimate identify of the Japanese EV is the Honda S7. It has arrived at sellers throughout China forward of the gross sales begin.
Honda S7 at sellers
The primary batches of Honda S7 arrived at Dongfeng Honda sellers for show completed in blue colour. The automotive’s entrance finish has giant boomerang-shaped headlights joined by a skinny LED strip. A big air consumption sits within the entrance bumper. Different options of the S7’s face embody a brand new Honda emblem, a entrance digital camera, and parking sensors.
The show automotive boasts cameras as a substitute of side-view mirrors, giant five-spoke rims, and black trim across the physique. From the again, the Honda S7 has a sizeable roof spoiler, a cool rear bumper, and vertically aligned taillights with an LED strip between them. The crossover’s tailgate has a Honda inscription. The automotive’s badges say Dongfeng Honda (东风本田) and S7. So, it’s confirmed that Honda totally deserted the beforehand launched Ye naming.
The inside of the Honda S7 is completed in a black-white colour scheme. Its heart console adopts a big portrait-oriented 24-inch display. One other function of this SUV is a skinny 9.9-inch instrument cluster with a comparatively excessive place. The displayed Honda S7 additionally has a 21.9-inch augmented actuality head-up show. The automotive’s door playing cards have screens for projecting pictures from side-view cameras. The S7’s inside mirror can even act as a digital camera.
The middle tunnel of the Honda S7 has a wi-fi cellphone charging pad, a button gear shifter, and a storage compartment. Yet one more spotlight of the inside is the three-spoke bi-color steering wheel with a double D form. The Honda S7 adopts the Honda Sensing 360+ driving help system. Sooner or later, the automotive might also undertake Huawei’s Qiankun ADAS.
Honda S7 specs and launch date
The Honda S7 adopts the W platform and boasts dimensions of 4750/1930/1625 mm with a protracted wheelbase of 2930 mm. The 4WD variant of the Honda S7 has two electrical motors. The entrance electrical motor generates 150 kW (201 hp) whereas the rear e-motor has a peak energy of 200 kW (268 hp). The mixed energy output of the Honda S7 is 350 kW (469 hp). The entry-level automotive is RWD with 200 kW.
The Honda S7 has an 89.8 kWh ternary NMC battery on board from CATL. It’s appropriate for 620 km of vary beneath CLTC circumstances for the 4WD mannequin. The Honda S7 4WD weighs 2,305 kg and has a high pace of 180 km/h.
The electrical SUV from Dongfeng Honda JV will begin gross sales in China on March 6. Its price ticket has but to be revealed. CarNewsChina expects this SUV to value above 200,000 yuan (27,600 USD). Nonetheless, the market efficiency of this mannequin is difficult to foretell as Honda isn’t positive concerning the advertising positioning of this product. The latest rejection of utilizing the Ye branding clearly indicated it.
