New Honda hybrid saloon and SUV prototypes fill the 0 Series-sized hole after EV U-turn

Honda walking back an aggressive EV plan in favour of hybrids isn't retreat so much as an admission the market didn't move as fast as the roadmap assumed. The telling part is that this leaves a deliberate gap where the 0 Series was meant to sit, and Honda is filling it with hybrids rather than waiting for EV demand to catch up. It's a pragmatic hedge — keep selling what people actually buy now while the price and charging gaps close — but it also concedes ground to rivals who committed harder. Whether 'pragmatic' reads as wise or as falling behind depends entirely on how the next few years of adoption actually play out.