2022 Honda Civic e:HEV RS hybrid – newest electrified Civic joins rising hybrid Honda vary in Malaysia

Honda isn’t any stranger to introducing hybrid powertrains in its autos on sale in Malaysia, and the just-launched 2022 Civic e:HEV RS Hybrid is the most recent within the model’s rising line of electrified fashions within the nation.

The most recent electrified providing from Honda Malaysia joins the presently out there vary of hybrids, comprised of the HR-V, Metropolis and Metropolis Hatchback. The Metropolis – with its e:HEV variant – was launched in October 2020, the Metropolis Hatchback e:HEV in February this 12 months and the HR-V e:HEV in July.

Of those, the Metropolis e:HEV RS contributed 5% of gross sales to the general gross sales quantity of the Honda Metropolis, whereas the Metropolis Hatchback e:HEV RS comprised of 8% of that mannequin’s general gross sales. In the meantime, the HR-V e:HEV RS made up 11% of the crossover’s whole gross sales; these proportion figures are for his or her respective variants’ gross sales within the first 10 months of this 12 months.

All 4 e:HEV fashions from Honda Malaysia make use of the producer’s i-MMD powertrain the place propulsion comes from an electrical motor fed by a lithium-ion battery, and this electrical energy is provided by an Atkinson-cycle petrol engine that serves as a generator. Within the Metropolis and Metropolis Hatchback, the electrical drive motor makes 108 PS and 253 Nm, provided by the 1.5 litre petrol mill that produces 98 PS and 127 Nm.

The system within the HR-V e:HEV RS is 22 PS extra highly effective at 131 PS with the identical torque output, and the Atkinson-cycle combustion engine can be marginally extra highly effective at 107 PS and 131 Nm.

The just-launched Civic e:HEV RS hybrid packs probably the most highly effective system of the quartet, with an electrical drive motor rated at 184 PS and 315 Nm fed by a 2.0 litre Atkinson-cycle petrol engine that produces 143 PS and 189 Nm of torque. All Honda e:HEV fashions make use of the identical i-MMD configuration, the place the combustion engine can help the electrical motor for propulsion at larger speeds.

Launched in the present day in Malaysia, the 2022 Honda Civic e:HEV RS hybrid is priced at RM166,500, and is obtainable in a collection of 4 colors – Ignite Pink Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl, Meteoroid Grey Metallic and Platinum White Pearl.

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2022 Honda Civic e:HEV product presentation in Malaysia