Hybrids now account for over 50% of U.S. Honda Accord gross sales, the automaker stated Monday whereas detailing pricing for the 2025 Accord.
The Accord launched Honda’s two-motor hybrid system for the 2014 mannequin 12 months, and was supplied as a hybrid intermittently earlier than that, however Honda bought extra severe about rising hybrid gross sales with the mid-size sedan’s most up-to-date redesign. This noticed hybrid grades outnumber non-hybrid ones for the primary time. For 2025, Honda gives 4 Accord hybrid trims and solely two non-hybrids, certainly one of which is new this 12 months.
2025 Honda Accord hybrid
Honda stated it bought 111,264 Accords via August, making it the automaker’s third-highest vendor behind the CR-V and Civic. The CR-V has additionally been accessible with the identical two-motor powertrain used within the Accord for a while, whereas the Civic provides it as a part of a 2025-model-year refresh. Honda expects hybrids to ultimately make up 40% of Civic gross sales.
The automaker additionally lately confirmed that it is planning for manufacturing of hybrids at a brand new EV manufacturing hub at its Marysville, Ohio, plant that is scheduled to open in 2025. The brand new hub, which additionally features a joint-venture battery plant with LG, will be capable to assemble hybrids or EVs on the identical strains, in keeping with Honda. That can present the flexibleness Honda believes it wants to handle limits in buyer demand for EVs.
2025 Honda Accord hybrid
At the same time as Honda targets 2 million EV gross sales by the tip of the last decade, it is nonetheless dedicated to hybrids. The automaker plans to leverage EV {hardware} for a brand new hybrid all-wheel drive system, and goals to enhance the enterprise construction of its hybrids between 2026 and 2030.
In the meantime, the 2025 Toyota Camry is now accessible solely with hybrid powertrains. So 100% of gross sales of the Accord’s major rival will likely be hybrids going ahead.
