After a not-so-successful first attempt to enter the electric car market with the small city car Honda e, the Japanese company is trying a second time. Now it will be a compact crossover Honda e:Ny1, which has been sold in the Chinese market since 2021. Under the sophisticated name of the model hides the features of the car that have already been seen somewhere - yes, the e:Ny1 is an electric version of the already familiar Honda HR-V. From the outside, the only difference between the two cars is that the Honda e:Ny1 has a plate-covered front grille that covers the cavity containing the electric car's charging port. Viewed from the side, the e:Ny1 has exactly the same profile, with a distinctive heavily forward-slanted boot shape, hidden rear door handles and a clean, simple design. So it's hard to call e:Ny1 a new model, and it's hard to call a car with front-wheel drive a crossover, especially since the ground clearance of the electric car is only 135 mm - like that of a regular hatchback. Although the exterior of the car is taken from the HR-V model, the interiors of the cars are very different. Honda engineers kept the design of the doors the same, but the instrument panel is different - now there is an LCD screen in front of the driver, and a large vertical 15.1-inch touchscreen is divided into three areas in the center. In addition to the above-mentioned LCD screen, the Base Elegance version of the standard equipment includes 18-inch alloy wheels, synthetic leather seats, dual-zone climate control and a rearview camera. The equipment is good, and quite high-quality materials are also used - when sitting in front, the plastic used in most places looks great, only at the very top of the dashboard and at the bottom of the doors you will find hard plastic, everything else you touch is covered with soft material. The display is responsive and looks fantastic, although the three-part controls are static - the navigation module sits at the top and the climate controls are visible at the bottom. The manufacturer says it's the "ideal car" for first-time electric car owners, and at 4,387mm long, it will compete with B- and C-segment crossovers. The Honda is longer than the Peugeot e-2008, but shorter than the Volkswagen ID.4 electric cars. At around 1750kg, the Honda's weight is also in the middle. The Honda e:Ny1 has a relatively large 62 kWh battery, but the mileage declared by the manufacturer is not better than the competition - the WLTP indicated consumption is 18.2 kWh/100 km. The charging speed of 78 kW is also not the fastest - it will take 45 minutes to charge from 10 to 80 percent of DC. On the road, the car's suspension seems a bit too stiff, the non-ideal city asphalt is felt too strongly, and the sound of the electric motor is too loud - when driving an electric car at low speed in the city, you just want ideal silence. I'd also like a bit more power from the regenerative braking system, which is intuitively controlled by paddles behind the steering wheel. There's hardly any noticeable difference between the various modes, so single pedal fans won't like it. Practicality is also not the car's strong point - the aforementioned small ground clearance, no more rear seats that can be lifted up like the HR-V has, and a small trunk volume, which reaches only 344 liters. By the way, the trunk is not only smaller than that of competitors such as the aforementioned Volkswagen ID.4, but also smaller than the trunk space of a very small Jeep Avenger, which is only 4.1 meters long. It is true that there will be enough space for adults sitting in the back of the Honda e:Ny1.