Honda Reveals The Prologue It’s First Ever Electric SUV

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Honda nowadays provided the very first glimpse at the exterior and inside styling of the all-new Honda Prologue battery-electric powered SUV that will appear to sector in North The us in 2024. The Prologue design options clean up and straightforward “Neo-Rugged” exterior and interior styling and sufficient inside space which is prepared for experience inside of and outdoors the metropolis restrictions.

Modern day design with neo-rugged aesthetics
The Honda design and style staff based in Los Angeles is accountable for major the exterior and inside styling of the all-new Prologue. A youthful staff of designers set out to develop a contemporary and fresh new SUV, with cleanse and simple surfacing. Neo-rugged was coined as the layout direction, bringing the harmony of nature’s features to the exterior and inside of Prologue. This design and style path is reflected in particulars like the panoramic roof and massive 21-inch wheels, which give the product a able and planted exterior. The front fascia is influenced by the distinctive exterior of the floor-breaking Honda e EV design.

The Prologue will be obtainable in an special North Shore Pearl exterior color which was impressed from the natural magnificence and colors in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe in California. What’s more, the visible of contemporary fallen snow on the mountains was utilised to encourage the exceptional charcoal and mild gray interior color.

“Our intention was to develop a clean up harmony based mostly on a rugged SUV picture by coordinating the colors and products to categorical neo-rugged style and design styling that is acquainted to our clients and uniquely Honda,” claimed Masaki Sumimoto, design direct for the Shade, Elements and Complete.

To additional establish the Honda EV brand name identification, the “H-mark” badge on the rear of the auto is replaced with the complete Honda brand title in a stylized typeface that captures the present day and clean structure of the Prologue. In addition, to align with Honda’s world EV models, Prologue will undertake the brand’s e: sequence name badging.

Prologue Effectively-positioned in Honda Light Truck Lineup
Prologue was conceived as a modern and clean structure that will experience at dwelling in the showroom with existing Honda SUVs. Prologue’s generous dimensions and roomy inside position the SUV along with the Passport in Honda’s gentle truck lineup. Prologue will have a wheelbase of 121.8-inches, and is about 8-inches extended and 5-inches broader than the all-new 2023 Honda CR-V.

The Prologue will have a generous inside, which will present enough room for travellers and cargo. Showcasing a tech-rich cabin, the Prologue will have a standard fully digital 11-inch driver display panel and an 11.3-inch audio/connectivity display.

Electrifying the Future Purchaser
This “12 months of the Honda SUV” features HR-V, CR-V, and Pilot, styles that enjoy important roles in planning for volume Honda EV sales that will get started with Prologue in 2024. Prologue, which will be available with all-wheel drive, will goal energetic buyers who want the versatility of an SUV with the zero emissions benefit of a BEV.

“We are not heading to hold out until 2024 to entice EV prospective buyers, because we see a organic progression for a CR-V customer to Prologue with its a bit larger sized dimension, more substantial inside and capable dealing with,” claimed Gary Robinson, vice president, automobile arranging and system at American Honda. “We will assistance that transition now by placing wise strategies in area with the CR-V hybrid, that will empower our consumers to changeover to an EV.”

Honda’s analysis exhibits that hybrid-electric powered clients are amongst the very first to move into complete-electrical merchandise. Honda designs to improve the product blend of the 2023 CR-V to 50% hybrid income and will supply prospects of the CR-V hybrid a shorter phrase, two-calendar year lease in ZEV states when that design comes to current market in tumble 2022. This will help a consumer in targeted markets to effortlessly changeover into a Prologue when the new EV launches in 2024. In this way, the company’s growing hybrid revenue quantity will assistance grow a long run EV buyer base. 

Much more particulars on the Prologue will be launched in the coming months with consumers inspired to signal up for updates at  https://vehicles.honda.com/long term-automobiles/prologue#stayinformed.

Honda Electrification Rollout
Towards its world-wide purpose to obtain carbon neutrality for all goods and company activities by 2050, Honda will introduce 30 new EVs globally by 2030, with a world-wide revenue volume of 2 million units. In North America, Honda has laid out an aggressive timeline of EV introductions dependent on three first phases major to 2030 and eventually to 100% zero-emission vehicle product sales by 2040:

2024: Get started income of the Honda Prologue, co-designed with GM

2026: Get started income of Honda types centered on Honda e:Architecture to be developed by Honda in North America. 

2027: Start revenue of a new series of very affordable EVs co-designed with GM, also manufactured by Honda in North America.

Honda also just lately introduced an arrangement to establish a joint undertaking to produce lithium-ion batteries in the U.S. to energy Honda and Acura EV versions for the North American market.

Prologue Proportions

Exterior Measurements	Inches
Wheelbase	121.8
Size	192.
Width	78.3
Peak	64.7
Wheel Diameter	21-inch