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The world is still processing Honda’s gorgeous Urban EV Concept and the brand has just followed it up at the Tokyo Motor Show with the new Sports EV Concept. Very little is known about the concept but it clearly takes retro design inspiration from the Urban EV Concept and incorporates it into a sleek, two-door, two-seat sports car design. Up front, Honda has designed an illuminated badge and a set of round LED headlights that provide us with some lovely vibes. Additionally, the car adopts a low and long hood, and compact interior with seats mounted near the rear axle. There’s also a set of beautifully-thin A-pillars, cameras instead of wing mirrors and square taillights seemingly identical to the Urban EV Concept. In a brief press release about the car, Honda described it as “a concept model which combines EV performance and AI (artificial intelligence) inside a compact body with the aim to realise the joy of driving the user can feel with a sense of unity with the car.”...

Honda's appetite for new concept cars has grown, and after presenting the Urban EV in Frankfurt last month, they're now going to introduce the Sports EV during the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. Details about the new study are rather scarce at this point, but the manufacturer says that it's a compact sports car that delivers "a feeling of joy and emotional unity to the drive", by combining an EV powertrain and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Accompanying the short announcement is a teaser image, which partially reveals its shape. It has a clean profile, muscular fenders, sloping roofline, and square-shaped LED taillights. The official sketch provides a glimpse into the cabin as well, which appears to be dominated by a generously sized display, similar to the one fitted to the Urban EV Concept, with which it shares its platform as well. Joining the new Honda Sports EV Concept at Japan's automotive event, which opens its gates for the media on Octobe...