An all-new SUV coming to market in early 2024, the battery-electric Prologue will be highly competitive with the functionality expected by Honda customers. More specific details about the new vehicle will be released over the coming months.
In addition to the Prologue, Honda
will introduce an all-electric Acura SUV in the 2024 calendar year. Both
will utilize the highly flexible global EV platform powered by Ultium
batteries based on the company’s strategic partnership with GM. Honda
also plans to launch a new series of EV models in the second half of the
decade based on a new e:Architecture, with development led by Honda.
"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."
In April 2021, Honda
global CEO, Toshihiro Mibe, announced a vision to achieve
carbon-neutrality for its products and corporate activities by 2050,
including key targets for sales of electrified vehicles. This vision
calls for the sales ratio of battery-electric and fuel cell electric
vehicles in North America to progress from 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035
to 100% by 2040.
