The Honda Insight was first launched in 1999 and instantly gained a passionate following amongst automobile lovers, however was all the time one thing of an odd duck within the automaker’s lineup — it was the Civic Hybrid earlier than there was formally a Civic Hybrid. However, the Insight’s days of being the only most gas environment friendly gas-powered automobile on the highway that does not plug in are coming to an in depth. Despite document gross sales of greater than 100,000 electrified automobiles (that is EVs and hybrids) in 2021, Honda on Thursday introduced that will probably be sunsetting the commemorated Insight this June as the corporate refocuses manufacturing efforts on its “core” hybrid fashions — the Accord, CR-V and Civic — and continues emigrate in the direction of full EV capability.

“Hybrid-electric vehicles are effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and are a critical pathway toward Honda’s vision for 100% zero-emission vehicle sales in North America by 2040,” stated Mamadou Diallo, vice chairman of Auto Sales at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “Making the volume leader of our core models hybrid-electric will dramatically boost electrified sales in the Honda lineup, a strategy that will be augmented by the arrival of a Civic Hybrid in the future.”

The firm notes that the Indiana Auto Plant the place the Insight was produced will transition into making the CR-V, CR-V Hybrid and Civic Hatchback. Honda plans to introduce new iterations of the CR-V Hybrid later this 12 months, adopted by the Accord Hybrid and “in the future,” the Civic Hybrid.