The Honda Elevate recently broke cover in India. During the event, Honda revealed its future India plans while giving an important update on the new compact SUV’s powertrain options.
While we were expecting Honda to give the Elevate SUV the same petrol and strong-hybrid powertrain options as the City sedan, the carmaker has skipped the latter. Honda has planned to move straight ahead with a fully electric derivative of the SUV, which will be introduced by 2026.
Until then, the Elevate will only come with the City’s 1.5-liter naturally aspirated petrol engine (121PS/145Nm). It will be mated to either a 6-speed manual or a CVT automatic. Not much is known about the Elevate EV as of now, except that it will be coming to us in the next three years. We do believe that it could offer a competitive claimed range of around 400-450km with a battery compatible for DC fast charging.
Honda might position it as a rival to the MG ZS EV, priced at around the Rs 20-lakh mark (ex-showroom).