Honda has caught to its promise made throughout final fall’s debut of the 2024 Prologue to ship the electrical midsize SUV for beneath $50,000.

The automaker on Thursday introduced the 2024 Prologue is priced from $48,795, together with a $1,395 vacation spot cost. Additionally confirmed was the car’s most EPA-rated vary estimate which is available in at 296 miles.

The Prologue lands at dealerships in March and is the costliest car in Honda’s lineup, a title beforehand held by the racy Civic Sort R. Nevertheless, to assist justify the steep worth, Honda has generously geared up the Prologue, even in base type.

The checklist of normal options contains 19-inch wheels, heated entrance seats, a 10-way energy adjustable driver’s seat with lumbar help, a wi-fi cellphone charger, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and Google built-in. Honda additionally features a suite of digital driver-assist options as customary, although the automaker hasn’t detailed the checklist of options.

2024 Honda Prologue

2024 Honda Prologue

2024 Honda Prologue

The only battery within the Prologue is an 85-kwh unit that permits DC fast-charging at charges of as much as 150 kw, or sufficient so as to add 65 miles of vary in round 10 minutes, based on Honda. There are two powertrains to select from. The usual front-wheel-drive setup with a single motor is sweet for 212 hp and an out there dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup is sweet for 288 hp.

The 296-mile vary estimate is the utmost for the single-motor choice. Including the dual-motor powertrain, which prices $3,000, brings the utmost vary estimate right down to 281 miles.

The Prologue makes use of Normal Motors’ Ultium EV platform and battery expertise set. GM can be constructing the Prologue for Honda at a plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. The plant is the place GM builds the Ultium-based 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, whose dimensions are much like these of the Prologue which measures 192 inches lengthy and with a wheelbase of 121.8 inches. The Blazer EV is priced to start out from about $56,000.

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV

Equally, GM additionally builds the 2024 Acura ZDX, an electrical midsize SUV that’s extra intently associated to the Cadillac Lyriq. The ZDX is priced from $64,500, excluding vacation spot.

Honda will finally launch a brand new household of EVs based mostly on an in-house platform, and a few of these fashions will attain the U.S. Introduced earlier this month throughout 2024 CES, the brand new household is called the 0 (zero) sequence and can spawn a manufacturing model of the glossy Saloon idea proven throughout CES for the U.S. market in 2026.

Additionally due in 2026 can be an electrical sedan from the new model Afeela, which is a three way partnership between Honda and Sony. A prototype of the Afeela sedan was additionally on present at CES. Honda will construct the sedan at certainly one of its crops in North America, probably in Ohio.