While most manufacturers were displaying production-ready models or soon-to-be-launched concepts, Honda was showing us what a showroom might look like in 2020 with the launch of a groundbreaking ‘3-in-1’ range of cars. The Japanese brand unveiled two new electrified models, the Clarity Plug-in Hybrid and the Clarity Electric. By adding these two new models to the current hydrogen-powered fuel-cell Clarity, that will make Clarity the first vehicle series to offer buyers a choice of three different electrified powertrains in the one car -- a fuel-cell, a battery electric and a plug-in hybrid. By no means beautiful, the Clarity lineup delivers a more functional, edgy exterior that Honda says has been designed to maximize aerodynamics, and in so doing, mileage. Why can't manufacturers give their groundbreaking cars gorgeous exteriors to highlight their state-of-the-art technologies?

Source: Forbes April 30, 2017 18:00 UTC