Toyota is piloting a Hilux compact pickup with a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain, while GM and Honda explore hydrogen light passenger vehicles and Stellantis develops light commercial vehicles.
The Kona compact CUV will be offered with battery-electric, hybrid-electric and internal-combustion powertrains as well as a sporty, ICE-powered N Line.
A new tracking index from researcher J.D. Power shows when viewed against model availability, market penetration for battery-electric vehicles in the U.S. is well above their overall 7% retail share.
Described as the largest and most powerful SUV Honda has ever built, the fourth-generation model challenged the Alabama Auto Plant’s 1,500 associates with the most changes of any Pilot since the first model was introduced in 2003, the automaker says.