When Honda builds a concept vehicle, you can bet that the world will be paying attention. That’s exactly what happened with Honda’s latest wave of electric concepts, which just picked up top honors at the 2025 Red Dot Design Awards.
The Fastport eQuad earned the coveted Best of the Best title in the Design Concept category, while the EV Fun Concept and EV Urban Concept (which we’ve talked about multiple times in the past) were both recognized as Red Dot winners.
For anyone unfamiliar, the Red Dot Award is kind of like the Oscars of the design world. It’s a big deal, and winning in the “Best of the Best” category means a concept isn’t just visually striking, but thoughtfully engineered with real-world application in mind.
You might remember the EV Fun and EV Urban Concepts from EICMA, where Honda first previewed these electric two-wheelers aimed at reshaping urban mobility and performance riding. The EV Fun Concept is Honda’s first electric sportbike, designed as a naked middleweight with a fixed battery and a slim, easy-to-handle chassis. Indeed, this concept is most likely set to be Honda’s very first production electric sportbike, with the manufacturer set to unveil something very big on September 2, 2025.
Meanwhile, the EV Urban Concept is all about redefining what a city commuter should be. It features a software-forward interface, minimalist styling, and a user experience that merges hardware and digital design. It’s a completely new take on electric mobility for daily riders, built with the goal of making freedom of movement accessible to a wider audience.
But the star of the Red Dot stage was undoubtedly the Fastport eQuad. This single-rider electric delivery vehicle was built from the ground up for the modern urban jungle. Designed to operate in bicycle lanes, it blends pedal-assist electric drive with a clever pedal-by-wire system, meaning the rider’s input is transmitted electronically to power the wheels. The clear windshield and translucent cargo box were designed to reduce visual weight while improving visibility for both the rider and surrounding pedestrians.
Full-scale production of the Fastport eQuad is set to begin in the US by summer 2026, so we might be seeing this thing rolling around cities much sooner than later.
So, why should we care about all this? Because these aren't just experiments—they’re clear and tangible signs of what’s coming in the very near future. Honda is shaping what urban mobility could look like regardless of why and how you move. And if even half of what these concepts promise makes it to production, the EV landscape could get a whole lot more interesting.
Source: Honda via ACN Newswire
