Honda has laid bare its electrification plans, revealing an intention to launch a flurry of fresh electric models by 2030. As this latest teaser image suggests, atleast 2 of those will be dedicated sports cars…

Japanese automaker Honda has announced plans to greatly transform its business, making massive investments in electrification and software technologies. The firm says it plans to launch 30 new battery-powered models globally by 2030, with an annual production volume exceeding 2 million units.

At least a couple of those new electric vehicles (EVs) will take the form of sports cars, with Honda saying its “passion to offer fun” driving characteristics to its customers will continue “even in the era of electrification”.

“Honda will globally introduce two sports models, a specialty and a flagship model, which will embody Honda’s universal sports mindset and distinctive characteristics,” the company said, releasing just a single (frustratingly low-resolution) teaser image showing the pair of shapely performance vehicles under wraps.

The Hamamatsu-based automaker revealed no other details about the upcoming sports cars, but logic suggests the flagship model will serve as an all-electric successor to the NSX. And the other? Well, your guess is as good as ours. Maybe we’ll see the revival of a since-departed nameplate (could theS2000return?) or perhaps this “specialty” model will see the establishment of an entirely new badge. Time will tell.

Regardless, Honda’s upcoming electric line-up will run from what the company terms “commercial-use mini-EVs” (likely reserved for its domestic market) all the way through to “flagship-class models” (such as a reinvented NSX). In fact, one of the slides from the presentation even suggests an electric bakkie is on the cards.Battery-powered Ridgeline, anyone?

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