Honda is bringing a new, more production-ready version of the Urban EV to the 2019 Geneva motor show, and the automaker has already given us a taste of what we can expect with a front-end rendering. Compared to the CVCC-inspired electric concept that Honda revealed in 2017, we expect the new prototype to be a little bit less retro and a little bit less fanciful ... something that seems to be backed up by the shadowy interior teaser image released ahead of the unveil.

The image shows three large screens that span nearly entirely the width of the dashboard, perhaps with two smaller screens in the corners (digital side-view mirrors?). There are just a few buttons below the center screen. It's still very minimalist, but it doesn't quite have the concept-car drama of previous renderings, which showed a single, seamless, nearly cockpit-spanning screen sitting on top of the dashboard, plus what appeared to be screens in the door panels.

This more pragmatic approach to infotainment isn't really a surprise -- we're not even sure if it's possible to build a touchscreen of that size in anything approaching a cost-effective manner. Whether or not the taillight assembly will still be able to display messages remains to be seen.

The prototype, which will be unveiled on March 5, previews a production EV that Honda says will debut later in 2019. It will be offered in Europe; we have no reason to believe it's headed to North American markets anytime soon, as Honda's green strategy for our market seems to rely on hybrids rather than pure EVs.

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