With a reputation symbolizing the important thing position it performs within the firm’s electrification technique, the all-electric 2024 Honda Prologue is a spacious, adventure-ready midsize SUV. With an anticipated EPA vary score of 300 miles1,DC quick charging functionality and a neo-rugged design, the Prologue is able to tackle adventures round city and outdoors the town limits. Prologue has the scale and floor clearance that places it squarely within the midsize SUV class with the fun-to-drive dynamics, styling and beneficiant inside area that match completely within the Honda lineup.

“The arrival of the all-new Honda Prologue is a pivotal second for the model as Honda begins the transition to our zero-emissions future,” mentioned Lance Woelfer, assistant vice chairman of Honda Nationwide Auto Gross sales, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “Prologue is aptly named as our first quantity Honda EV, a classy, sporty and spacious SUV that can take us towards our imaginative and prescient of 100% zero emissions automobile gross sales by 2040.”

Class-leading normal options embody the most recent digital providers expertise and options with Google3 built-in, and wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto™ compatibility4.

Focusing on IIHS High Security Choose+ and NHTSA 5-star rankings, Prologue comes normal with the Honda Sensing® suite of security and driver-assistive applied sciences, together with Honda’s first functions of Rear Cross Visitors Braking, Blind Zone Steering Help and Rear Pedestrian Alert.

Key Prologue Options:

Anticipated EPA vary score of 300 zero-emission miles

Sporty, fashionable, spacious and comfy inside

Commonplace 11-inch digital instrument show

Commonplace 11.3-inch HD touchscreen with Google built-in, wi-fi Apple CarPlay & Android Auto™ compatibility

State-of-the-art electrical automobile platform

Out there all-wheel drive

Out there 21-inch wheels and tires

Out there self-sealing tires

Out there Sport driving mode

Commonplace Honda Sensing® system, plus new Rear Cross Visitors Braking, Blind Zone Steering Help and Rear Pedestrian Alert

Fashionable Design with Neo-Rugged Styling

Prologue styling was led by a workforce of designers within the Honda Design Studio in Los Angeles, who utilized digital actuality (VR) instruments to create a easy and clear neo-rugged design idea. Prologue is low and vast with a glossy silhouette, and a succesful and planted stance, anchored by out there 21-inch wheels, the biggest ever supplied on a Honda.

Honda engineers optimized Prologue’s aerodynamics to maximise effectivity and driving vary, whereas decreasing wind noise contained in the cabin. Even the intricate design of the wheels and the curvature and departure angle of its rear spoiler reduce wake and scale back vortex.

To additional construct the Honda EV model identification, Prologue debuts with a newly designed Honda identify badge in a stylized typeface that captures the trendy and clear design of Prologue. As well as, to align with Honda’s international EV fashions, Prologue adopts e: sequence badging.

Fashionable and Spacious Inside 

Prologue’s sporty and fashionable inside prioritizes consolation, usability and a spacious cabin, whereas advancing the Honda design route that has been so effectively acquired on Civic, HR-V, Accord, CR-V and Pilot. Clear and easy with glossy horizontal traces, the cabin options high-quality supplies and enormous buttons and knobs, with shut consideration paid to the operation of all switchgear and controls.

The uncluttered design, low, flat beltline and beneficiant dimensions, give the cabin an open and ethereal feeling, particularly when outfitted with the out there panoramic roof. With as much as 136.9 cubic ft of inside area, together with a notably bigger front-to-rear-seat tandem distance than Passport, Prologue seats 5 comfortably and a sense of spaciousness is shared by all occupants. For elevated consolation, Prologue’s rear seats function two angles of recline.

 Prologue provides loads of room for everybody’s gear with as much as 25.2 cu.-ft. of cargo area (EX) behind the rear seats, sufficient for 3 golf luggage mendacity flat on the cargo flooring. With the usual 60/40-split rear seatbacks folded flat, the cargo area expands to 57.7 cu.-ft. of area (EX). Hidden area below the cargo space flooring provides one other 0.5 cu.-ft. An influence tailgate with hands-free entry is normal on Touring and Elite.

Prologue EX options black and charcoal or charcoal and lightweight grey material upholstery with accent shade stitching, an 8-way energy driver’s seat with 2-way energy lumbar, heated entrance seats, twin zone local weather management, gloss black trim on the sprint and 19-inch wheels. Touring provides black and charcoal or charcoal and lightweight grey leather-based seating surfaces with accent shade stitching, reminiscence driver seat, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, auto-dimming inside rearview mirror and entrance and rear parking help.

 

Prologue Elite comes with black and charcoal, brown and black or charcoal and lightweight grey perforated leather-based seating surfaces with accent shade stitching, entrance ventilated seats, a heated steering wheel, Sport driving mode, 21-inch wheels and extra.

Good Know-how 

Should-have tech has been well built-in into Prologue’s sporty and fashionable cabin with a concentrate on the motive force. Prologue is the primary Honda SUV with Google built-in, which debuted on the 2023 Honda Accord Touring. Commonplace on all Prologue trims for seamless on-the-go digital providers, it contains apps resembling Google Assistant, Google Maps, and extra on Google Play.

To make it simpler to make use of when the automobile is in movement, the touchscreen incorporates a finger relaxation for the motive force to regular their hand whereas making picks. 

Google Maps could be displayed on both display offering refined route planning with really helpful charging stations to optimize journey time. Google Maps can estimate the charging time4 required to achieve the vacation spot and might provoke preconditioning of the EV battery when the vacation spot is a DC fast-charging station. Battery preconditioning can scale back cost instances, getting clients again on the highway extra rapidly. 

Touring and Elite fashions get a Bose premium audio system engineered completely for Prologue. That includes 12-speakers, together with entrance and rear tweeters and a big subwoofer, the bespoke system locations all occupants in the midst of the music no matter their seating place, with a transparent and highly effective listening expertise.

The console’s massive multi-use tray options two illuminated 3.0A USB-C 45W charging ports. For second-row passengers, two 3.0A USB-C 45W charging ports are normal.

Honda Prologue advantages from quick and safe Over-the-Air (OTA) software program updates to key automobile pc modules, enhancing performance and functionality.

Sporty, But Comfy Dynamics 

Recharging on the go is fast and handy with DC quick charging at charges as much as 155 kW. Prologue’s 85kWh lithium-ion battery pack can recharge 65 miles of vary in about 10 minutes5.

Prologue’s custom-tuned Energetic Sound Management provides to the emotion of driving by making a seamless acceleration really feel via the repetition of nice and expansive low to excessive frequency sounds linked to Prologue’s acceleration and deceleration. The out there Sport mode creates an much more participating driving expertise with faster throttle and steering response, firmer steering, elevated braking energy and different enhancements.

Complete Charging Options

Honda gives Prologue clients with top-in-class, complete charging options each at residence and on the highway. Each Prologue buyer can choose one in every of three out there charging packages, included of their automobile buy.

Out there Charging Packages:

Residence Charging Station (11.5 kW) and $100 Public Charging Credit score, plus $500 Set up Incentive (through (HHE – see beneath)

Transportable Charging Equipment (7.6 kW) and $300 Public Charging Credit score, plus $250 Set up Incentive (through HHE)

$750 Public Charging Credit score

Moreover, Honda has just lately entered a three way partnership with six main automakers to create North America´s main high-speed brand-neutral charging community in the USA and Canada. Anticipated to start operation in summer season 2024, the all-new high-power charging community will ship market main protection and penetration with best-in-class buyer expertise in all areas, so Honda Prologue clients can cost each time they should with ultra-fast (350 kW+) cost factors in handy city and freeway areas.

The brand new HondaLink® Smartphone App offers Prologue house owners handy entry to the out there public charging networks and contains cost integration.

Honda Electrification Technique

Towards its international objective to attain carbon neutrality for all merchandise and company actions by 2050, Honda will introduce 30 new EVs globally by 2030 with a worldwide gross sales quantity of two million models. In North America, Honda has laid out an aggressive timeline of EV introductions resulting in 2030 and finally to 100% zero-emission vehicle gross sales by 2040:

2024: Start gross sales of the Honda Prologue, co-developed with GM

2025: In North America, a mid- to large-size EV mannequin primarily based on Honda’s unique devoted e: Structure platform will go on sale.

This 12 months Honda introduced key subsequent steps within the institution of its EV Hub in Ohio that can lead the corporate’s journey to an electrified future in North America. In October 2022, Honda introduced it will make investments $700 million to retool a number of of its current auto and powertrain vegetation to ascertain the brand new EV Hub in Ohio to organize for the manufacturing* of battery electrical autos in 2026. The Marysville Auto Plant (MAP), the place Honda started auto manufacturing in America in 1982, will probably be Honda’s first auto plant within the U.S. to transition to EV manufacturing.

As a part of the brand new EV Hub, Honda and LGES just lately held the official groundbreaking ceremony for the brand new three way partnership EV battery plant to be positioned in Fayette County, close to Jeffersonville, Ohio. The brand new JV facility is scheduled to be accomplished by the tip of 2024 and goals for about 40 GWh of annual manufacturing capability.

For extra info on Honda’s company transformation initiatives, together with electrification, click on right here.

2024 Honda Prologue Key Specs and Options