Honda hasn’t entered the EV range arms race with the compact e. Instead, it is designed to be a premium, high-tech EV, with a focus on urban driving. As such, the official range is ‘only’ 137 miles on a charge – still plenty enough for most drivers most days.
There are two different configurations available:
In real world driving, we found that the 137 miles figure is likely to be matched or exceeded should it be driven as Honda expects. That’s to say, stick predominantly to urban driving, and the Honda e will rack up the miles between charges.
On this first drive, we took in a number of faster routes and the range couldn’t match that quoted by Honda. It wasn’t far off, with a calculated range of 112 miles come the end of the 70 mile round-trip – though that’s with testing both the Honda’s efficiency and performance capabilities. Interestingly the display still had 41 miles of range remaining, so that proved very accurate within a short time.
The range will be suitable for more drivers than you might think, but it’s not an EV for those regularly covering long distances.
