Honda reveals prototypes of new 0 Series EVs at CES in Las Vegas

Honda unveiled two new prototypes, they’re both called 0 Series, at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.

Known as 0 Saloon and 0 SUV, they’re both futuristic tech-first show cars that certainly look right at home in Las Vegas.

But they’re also both designed to be pre-production versions of vehicles that will eventually be made.

According to Honda, the 0 Series SUV will be here by next year.

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The 0 Series SUV and Saloon are prototypes made from scratch

Both vehicles are essentially the same in terms of tech, but they use different body shapes.

The 0 Saloon is called a ‘saloon’, but it actually looks more like a shooting brake.

It has a one-box design, which makes it look like it was carved from a single block of metal as it smoothly transitions from the hood to the trunk with small windows and a curved windshield.

As for the 0 SUV, it looks like somebody crashed the saloon at high speed in reverse against a wall to flatten it and make it taller but shorter.

What’s more, unlike the wedge-shaped concept inspired by the 1984 HP-X, these vehicle aren’t nostalgia-infused restomods from Honda’s back catalog.

They’re both made from scratch.

These are tech-first vehicles

Like most new vehicles, both Hondas are designed to focus on software and tech.

And like other ‘legacy’ manufacturers, for example Mercedes, Honda has developed its own operating system (OS).

They call it ‘ASIMO OS’ and it’s an operating system that will run the car’s tech features as well run the vehicle in a literal sense.

ASIMO is also the ‘engine’ that powers the cars’ self-driving system.

The Consumer Electronics Show, CES, is now basically a car show

The Consumer Electronics Show, but everyone simply calls it CES, is a tech event that’s been held annually in Las Vegas since 1967.

Over the last decade, the show has also morphed into a car show.

This is because cars are defined by software now, not their engine.

Tech and cars are in the same bracket these days, and sometimes, they become something else entirely.

Toyota’s Woven City (below) is a great example.

It is an actual city, with streets and buildings and a post code and citizens, but it was built by Toyota and specifically designed to accommodate Toyota’s self-driving vehicles.

Toyota first announced plans for Woven City back in 2021 and since then has been quietly working away on getting it ready for its new residents.