Honda e 660 km road trip in one day 

Bjørn, microwave in EV hilarious! Good humor ! This car is interesting mixture. Cons: Expensive. Exceptionally low range. Very slow charging. Pros: Nice solutions inside, stylish, nice screens and imputs - Chromecast, HDMI They packed it with so much stuff making it very expensive with so much toys inside and also hard to use and drive. At least in Europe. Especially in winter... Edit: 1000km challenge would take ? 22h? 🤣

The great thing about this car is it gives you the opportunity to show us so many charging locations. :D

I bought my electrical Honda three years ago. It was 50% more expensive than the rest. It have high quality and I have never regret buying it. It cuts my lawn and it is called Miimo.

Subscribed!!! Love your vlog style and hard work on your reviews! I really love the Honda E (Honda EK9) owner here. I also watched the MG ZS, MC Hammer and Peugeot e208! keep it up!

Honda E is the most ABC of ALL. ALWAYS BE CHARGING.

Excellent. I love your honest and down to earth usage reviews.

Coming back to this old video just to post this, Nikkei (Japanese ver) did an analysis of the hardware of the Honda E. The drivetrain (the integrated motor, reduction gearbox and power control unit) hardware was lifted straight out of the PHEV/E:HEV (ie. Clarity and Civic Hybrid) models, hence likely not optimised for sustained highspeed travel, so that explains why it has so much loss at high speed, as well as why Honda tactically made it a 'city car'. The effort went more into chassis optimisation and design, as Honda's proper in-house, ground-up EV platform will only be ready in 2025. That's said it seems this entire RWD transitional EV platform is already shelved.

Bjorn, I truly enjoy your videos and sense of humor. You don't sugar coat it , you just call them as they come. Keep doing such a great job reviewing EV's. - Kind of envy your job man ;) . I'll patiently wait for the CyberTruck to get my first EV.

Perfect review as always Bjørn. I have one of those and for the distance of arrival you can just press where it shows the time and select the time of arrival :) just a tip! Otherwise deep review as always! awesome job.

Excellent information - Thank You

Don't really understand why these many comments regarding range. Honda openly stated this is an urban car. I live close to edge of London, travel 40 miles to work and back. This is ideal. Went to rest drive one of this recently, the quality and design is way above normal Honda standard, the compact size and cameras, it is designed to drive on tight spaces. Park on tight spots with ease. Ride quality and balance is top notch. Even Rear view mirror is glazed so you won't get blinded by spot light form behind. In 30 minutes of 20 -50mph I used only 5 miles of range because regeneration charge. It is so much, much better than a certain brand with £47 grand starting price in UK. If you want best battery and range, then suffer the quality and cost.... Unless you can afford Volvo Pulestar

The Toyota is driving slow because he is self charging.

The camera mirrors is really nice.

Hey Bjoern, deactivating the one pedal driving with the autopilot is done with good reason: When you are on the Highway and stop the autopilot, for example, with one pedal driving on, it would go into full recuperation and basicly step on the brake pedal. See the i3 as a bad example. Thats why they did it, I like it. But they could actually give us an option in the menu to turn this on or off.

Microwave oven? Nice touch honestly :) the owen might also be useful when stuck in inner city traffic

That porsche didn't want a honda e to pass him and take all his dignity xD

In Kongsberg there have been put up I think 6 hpc’s, Bilkraft, at Esso in Storcenter. Didn’t have the app configured so didn’t manage to charge there.

Great reviews you are making. Will you be reviewing the Mini Cooper SE?

I am truly thinking is a Leaf 24 like this too. The microwave oven, classic!

Opel Ampera also says Power ;)

At minute 17:00 when you pressed in time arrival you can change it and show elevation...maybe also distance to arrival

Your videos are so in-depth and full of useful information. Car companies should pay you to drive their prototypes before they come out to the public, so they can learn how to design them better.

Inside a car is one of the few places I might prefer matte screen to glossy... in a car it makes sense, to reduce reflections, and clarity isn’t as important as most screens

Damn this car looks so good. Both exterior and interior, but that range though...

The interior and styling is amazing and made me really jealous not to have it in the US. The range however, makes me willing to wait for an updated model.

Even Nissan Leaf 24 kWh beat this car on this type of trip.

Hi Bjorn, love your videos and especially the 1000km challenges. I did a trip last summer across the USA from Toronto, Canada in our 2018 Model 3 Long Range RWD. On one of the days we travelled 1034kms in 10hrs 52mins which included three charging stops. The next day on our trip we only covered 952kms in 8hrs 40mins with four charging stops. Is that a good result? :) P.S. We may have been hammering it a little.

Damn, the Taycan looked so flawless and elegant

8:00 welcome to Norway, these queues will be a reality with higher numbers of EVs on the road.

So Bjorn, thou the price is more on par with mid size cars than city cars, comparing to E-Up, Citigoe IV, how does the Honda compare?

Wow, look at that panel/trim misalignment on the Model S at 10:15! I've noticed the same on the Model 3, that's a production basic to get the panel gaps and alignment right!!

Is anyone imagining this Honda E getting by chance on Autobahn? I believe it can use entire battery of charge in the same time the microwave can cook someting substatial like meat - 15-20 min.

Good trip to test range. I understand now why you made the trip. I came late into stream and I went back to start to know why. I knew you were meeting with someone but missed a lot of it. It must be me but the Model S has the rear passenger door slightly too high. I guess can't tell from a glance unless you have a Tesla. It's his car maybe doesn't bother him. I'm just a crazy man when I tune into stream. ABC Always Be Craaaaazy. I do like the Honda E displays. It does look neat. Kinda ugly but it's ok. So was the frog face of Model 3 and awkward CyberTruck. I still like those.

Bjørn based on your measurements, could you make a graph that shows charging speed in various cars in C-rate? That would indicate a manufacturer's capability to build fast charging batteries (and cars) and it would make different cars comparable even with different battery sizes.

I really like the interior and the look of this car tbh. Efficiency wise I'm surprised my Kia Soul is more efficient which is even more boxy than this; or am I wrong?

LOL that Porsche Taycan was like "Bye, peasant!"

Did you try to scroll down at 16:45??? Distance to destination is probably in there.

I would love to buy this car in the states. Good for school, work, and grocery car.

Shame it can’t go further, it’s just so cute! If you are minted it’s a lovely 2nd (or third!) car. Some lucky “daddy’s little princess” will be very happy.

Bjorn please test Honda e "Adaptive Cruise Control" with "Honda Lane Keep Assist" at the same time on the highway so we know if it can drive on the road (semi)autonomously just like other Hondas do!

I wish i had 1.5 kW 220v socket in tesla.

Check the micro wave function while driving.

Please do test the navigation systems of the cars for the included charging stops

Are those the stock tires? A study by Road and Track magazine put the same tires on a VW E Golf and the result was a lowering of range by 20%. Green Car Reports had the story.

This thing is built to go to work and but food and that’s it!

Consumption is crazy on a small car like this! It use more than my ipace.

It's cute I'll give it that.

16:49.... scroll down!

Do all people in the EV community know one another in Scandinavia? Must be because the long waiting hours in front of the chargers (0:...buying an EV seems a good way to get new friends..and you can always talk about the charging speeds (0:

Did the car actually come with the microwave oven? It had the imove sticker on the side of it. It is a shame that other cars can't do that - having a microwave could be useful on real long trips, but it takes up a lot of trunk space.

this one gives the most range anxiety. anyone knows if NIO ES8 or ES6, or XPeng P7 are coming to norway?

Vertigo-Effect on 00:06:15

Are other countries apart from Norway allowing rear-view side cameras?

Bjørn, when you have time, it's time for a comparison video with your favourite EVs in 2020 before the new ones come out :) Like you did before.

it‘s so beautiful but that‘s all sadly :(

Ticks on looks and styling but other critical EV points get a pass. Good to see Honda in the BEV space though.

Looks great the car. Battery must be a bit bigger. Price is still a lot.

One very imoortant think I notice is that at gas station almost of them have roof. When we Re putting petrol to the cars we are not under rain or sun. About the chargers the companies does not ha é the some attrition to the clients. We plug at rain or at sun. What are your opinion about that?

wow. 30kw. i'm so happy i could just shieet!.

Does this car have «autosteer/steer assist” like Hyundai IONIQ, Tesla etc? Or is it just lane assist with ping pong back and forth?

Ah, so that’s how you eat a micro-wave meal. That’ll be perfect for a 10 mile round trip for the groceries. ;)

Classic Ioniq set such a nice standard of charging speed. Now every new EV (other than tesla) charges slow

Can you tell what will happen when it rains while charging? Is the water going to fill the charging spot?

Yeh the range is just not cutting it for that price for me, it’s nice but unless you have the money and space for more than one car or rent one every time you need to drive a long way

if you replace mirrors with screens why the hell would you keep them at the same places? LR views could be split right between the gauges on the center display

Can't you put a giant battery pack 18650 or 21700 in the back seat and charge the car through the port or does it only charge via the outside front charging port? A 15wh battery is only $3 so a 15,000wh pack is only $3000 and weighs about same as a passenger 60kg

Can you do the same with the eUp 2020? I feel like even the Up has better range than this

How much of the 11 hours was actually charging or waiting for a charger?

If the honda has a 230v plug and an hdmi in, can you plug in a playstation and play it on the screens on the road?

Did you get much look from pedestrians driving the Honda?

Beside the nice interior and the amazing dashboard (I love it!), I don't see the point of this car, especially for this price!

Urban kids will find this Honda übercute, cool and easy to drive. Ioniq might be impressively efficient, a great EV but a cool ride? Nope. VW Up is cool as well and a lot cheaper but Honda nailed the design and vibe with this thing.

If this car would be capable of doing long range distances, I would buy it immediately!

1000 km challenge would be a torture in this car.

For city cars like this, it'll be more meaningful to do city driving to test the consumption.

Do you ever use android auto and Google maps in these cars?

I only can hope Honda will make a bit bigger car with same screens set up. I just love the dashboard screens set up from the Honda E. But for a main car it has just to many disadvantages sad enough.

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5:50 Well, charging speed is the same than with my 2018 Renault Zoe Q90, charging with 43 kW AC. In 32 minutes I can easily charge 18.3 kWh, when starting with 6% soc. But the very big advantage is, that usually AC charging sessions are way more cheap than DC charging. I don't see any improvement and new development in this Honda car, compared to my very old Renault technology.

13:13 hahaaaa thats so cool 🤣

Why does it have such high consumption? Its a tiny little car. The tyre width doesn't help but its bad.

Honda should’ve made the e larger, added a larger battery for better range and improved charging speed. Some things about this car are really nice but the specific EV aspects simply suck.

Won't the charging cable chafe the paint?

I bet my old KiA SOUL 27KWH one could beat that time :o

Mucho Mexicano? Really? You surprise us in every chapter. Where is your mexican moustache? 😂😂😂

This is the kind of thing that puts people off ev's. Thats about a 6 hour drive in any fossil car - even one under 10k eur. There needs to be two kinds of ev - one thats got big batteries and fast charging for regular long range use and one that has a small battery and a range extender for mostly short run use.

As bad as it is, we still need the 1000km Challenge for the Google Shieeeet :D

No glossy screen shieeeet ...Mercedes did you get that one?

What a nightmare!

The charging port in the hood is not a good idea ..when u have garage at home , fine but otherwise when it's raining /snowing is that not problem ? Could u demonstrate that please ?

If the Honda e had over 200 miles of range it would have been one of best ev to buy without a doubt, I do love it but I hate the range.

Charging in the heavy rain won't be a problem with this weird charging port position at the top of the hood?

Note to self: Put standard rims back on car before service.

Honda when they introduced this car they declared that this car is an ( urban car ) which means its not for long distances

This is a City car, not a car you go on long road trips with. I compare the range to the Nissan Leaf 30kwh which we have - and love dearly, even tho it's ugly as hell. This Honda looks 1000 times better inside and outside and offer a tad better range. Its good enough for small trips, i don't see the big issue here. We charge our leaf 1-2 times a week - even tho we use it everyday. It's a car that was developed for City driving (hence the steering angle) - so why demand anything else from it?

You should do a test exclusively for the city, this is a car for the city, not for big trips

nice beautiful shape car but that screen or screens are way too busy Looks like an 80's game 's arcade 😂

If this had faster charging or at least a flatter curve it would be totally fine. Although I'm going by their advertised numbers. It looked like in one video you lost like 15-20km range for using the HVAC... like come on. That's more than 10% of total range. And 80% looked more like 150km range not 200km so I'm confused by real world numbers compared to advertised.

THIS IS A CITY CAR! People buying this car (me) are driving in only in the city (Japan).

I really want to rent a car that smells of Mucho Mexicana...