Honda Prologue: As much as 288 Horsepower, 300 Miles of Vary

Honda’s first mainstream electrical car inside the U.S. will present 288 horsepower (in some trims). It’ll present spherical 300 miles of fluctuate (in several trims). And it’s not completely a Honda.

The 2024 Honda Prologue is a midsize, all-electric SUV and Honda’s first electrical car inside the U.S. It’ll probably be a wide variety for longtime Honda loyalists looking out for an answer to go electrical with a car that feels acquainted. Nevertheless the auto is curiously a lot much less Honda than it will appear.

Honda says it might start “inside the greater $40,000s, sooner than the making use of of any authorities incentives or tax credit score.”

Constructed on a GM Platform

The Prologue is a midsize SUV — just a bit larger than a CR-V and smaller than a Pilot — constructed on GM’s Ultium construction as a result of a partnership that offers Honda a shortcut to electrical autos (EVs). The company is creating its private EV platform nonetheless plans to utilize GM parts for the Prologue and its Acura ZDX luxurious sibling.

Honda plans to provide it with a number of two powertrains. In what has develop to be a typical switch, it has provided only some particulars on each, emphasizing their strengths. Which will obscure what the auto is certainly capable of.

Honda says it “will present Prologue in every single-motor (front-wheel-drive) and dual-motor (all-wheel-drive) configurations with three trim ranges — EX, Touring, and Elite.”

Partial Effectivity Particulars for Now

The SUV will present quite a lot of as a lot as 300 miles in FWD EX sort, Honda says. It doesn’t present driving fluctuate estimates on one other variations.

“Prologue’s 85kWh lithium-ion battery pack can recharge 65 miles of fluctuate in about 10 minutes,” Honda says, linked to a public DC fast charger of the type often found alongside highways.

Horsepower will push as extreme as 288 in AWD sort, nonetheless Honda lists power for the FWD fashions as “TBA.”

Suspension is a multilink setup every entrance and rear, which bodes properly for a comfy, responsive journey.

Uncluttered Look Inside and Out

What we’re capable of know for positive is the way in which it appears to be — a stunning nonetheless simple type, curvier than most current SUV design developments. Chances are you’ll be forgiven for pondering it was a future Audi.

Early photos current it utilizing on enormous 21-inch wheels that make it look clean, nonetheless these could be an added-cost selection.

The cabin appears to be like exactly what it’s — a mix of GM and Honda parts. Honda’s high-mounted central touchscreen is correct right here (11.3 inches this time) subsequent to an 11-inch driver’s instrument show. Nevertheless they sit mounted above HVAC switchgear from GM autos.

One key distinction, though, stands out — the cabin “choices regular Google built-in plus wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility.” GM has promised to take away the favored cellphone mirroring programs from its EVs.

Designers have emphasised an open, ethereal feeling. A flat floor (EVs don’t have any transmission hump down the center of the cabin) and a shifter mounted on the steering column go away room for a spacious coronary heart console with area for storing beneath.

Many Automakers Going Electrical inside the Related Method

To make the acquisition further helpful, Honda sellers will embody a Diploma 2 residence charger and half or the complete arrange costs inside the car’s financing.

Most automakers have chosen to enter the EV market with a midsize SUV priced spherical $40,000. So the Prologue will compete with entries identical to the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Kia EV6, and the Chevy Blazer EV, with which it shares many parts. Nevertheless it might convey an upscale look and Honda’s sterling reputation to the competitors.