The name " Type R " is sacred ground for Honda. Anything with the red H badge receives the utmost care and attention to make it as close as possible to ideal for driving enthusiasts — and the company is, apparently, finding it difficult to translate that Type R feeling into an electric vehocle.

Even though Honda has made some of the best hot hatches ever, it’s struggling to infuse “the joys of driving” into an EV.

Honda wants the Civic Type R to stick around in the electric era, though only if future versions are as fun to drive as the current gas model.