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Honda Announces Its Next EV - Prologue - Here's When It Arrives

The all-new Honda Prologue has been announced by Honda. Let's just say Honda is giving fans plenty of time to prepare.

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Honda today announced the name of its first new volume battery-electric vehicle. It will be named “Prologue." No need to rush to the Honda shopping site to begin selecting your 'EX-L" trim in silver, Honda doesn't even have a rendering of this new EV yet.

Honda says this all-new SUV (aka crossover) will be coming to market in early 2024 and that the Prologue will be "highly competitive with the functionality expected by Honda customers." Looking for range, passenger volume, cargo capacity, or a profile? Don't be silly, this is an electric vehicle, which is required by law to have a multi-year marketing build-up.

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Since the vehicle is three years away and we have never seen an image and have zero information, let us guess what it will be like and in three years, we can look back and see how our guesses were:

Honda Prologue Size, Range, Price
Range Guess - 300 miles plus or minus 10% based on trim
Size and Shape Prediction - See Toyota BZ4X or VW ID.4. Every new BEV crossover is going to take this approximate shape and size for the coming five years.
Price Estimate - Will depend upon how much the tax incentives will pull the cost down for consumers. Our guess is $39K to $55K after any incentives. In today's dollars. If we are using wheelbarrows to haul hundreds to the store for bread in three years, just use an inflation calculator app to see how we did.
Spare Tire Yes or No? - Not on your life.

“Our first volume Honda BEV will begin our transition to electrification and the name Honda Prologue signals the role it will play in leading to our zero-emission future,” said Dave Gardner, executive vice president of American Honda. “The Prologue will provide our customers with a battery-electric SUV with the excellent functionality and packaging they’ve come to expect from Honda.”

Honda says that the company will also introduce an all-electric Acura-branded SUV in the 2024 calendar year. Both the Honda Prologue and Acura model will utilize GM/Honda's future global EV platform and be powered by GM's future Ultium batteries.

Honda is one of our favorite brands for many reasons. What do we expect from a new Honda BEV crossover? A comfortable vehicle that handles well, has better than average reliability, and can be purchased at a local retailer from inventory on the lot. What do you think of our predictions? Tell us in the comments below.

John Goreham is a long-time New England Motor Press Association member and recovering engineer. John's interest in EVs goes back to 1990 when he designed the thermal control system for an EV battery as part of an academic team. After earning his mechanical engineering degree, John completed a marketing program at Northeastern University and worked with automotive component manufacturers, in the semiconductor industry, and in biotech. In addition to Torque News, John's work has appeared in print in dozens of American newspapers and he provides reviews to many vehicle shopping sites. You can follow John on TikTok @ToknCars, on Twitter, and view his credentials at Linkedin

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DeanMcManis (not verified)    June 29, 2021 - 3:13AM

I have owned and enjoyed many Hondas over the years, but they are clearly one of the most delayed legacy automakers out there where EVs are concerned. It says a LOT that the Honda Civic and Accord were both in the top 5 list of cars previously owned (and replaced by) the Tesla Model 3. I understand that Honda is being very careful and conservative in delaying their entry into the BEV market, but if I were a stockholder in Honda, I would vote to fire all of Honda's upper management, as they are shooting themselves (and Honda) in the foot by ignoring the quickly growing market for BEVs throughout the world.

John Goreham    June 29, 2021 - 1:53PM

In reply to by DeanMcManis (not verified)

I second that emotion. Discontinuing the Clarity was almost shocking. Owners adore those cars and now Honda has no vehicle with a plug that I'm aware of for sale in this country. Why there is no CR-V PHEV is an even bigger mystery. The RAV4 Primes were/are getting $10K over MSRP before, during, and post COVID.

bruce mcglynn (not verified)    April 18, 2022 - 10:51PM

I have owned 14 Honda's and their reliability was excellent! We are now on our fourth Clarity, the best cars that we have ever owned and Honda cancels production! I also reflected on how many vehicles that Honda produced that are no longer made.They don't advertise their products and their current reliability in CR magazine is terrible!
Honda and Toyota created the market for these type vehicles and Honda has lost it's way and does not seem motivated to improve their mediocre reputation! Sad!