For the past 20 years, those who use cars for transportation have begun to consider another option for their everyday lives: the electric vehicle. Switching from a traditional vehicle to an EV could solve quite a slate of problems.

At the moment, Volkswagen is one of many car brands selling a family of EVs under a distinct, confusing naming structure of letters and numbers. Thankfully, a new quote from a Volkswagen executive suggests that VW is about to join the increasingly large group of brands dropping their arcane EV naming structure for something more conventional.

Honda Motor said on Tuesday that it was scaling back its investment in electric vehicles given slowing demand and would be focusing on hybrids, now far more in favour, with a slew of revamped models.