The Honda Prologue, which is predicated on Basic Motors’ Ultium platform, shall be delivered from the start of 2024 each as a single-engine front-wheel drive car and with a dual-engine all-wheel drive system. Honda quotes an output of 215 kW for the all-wheel drive; the output for the front-wheel drive mannequin is made public. The battery is claimed to supply a capability of 85 kWh and obtain an EPA vary of 300 miles (480 kilometres). That might correspond (with out charging losses) to a consumption of 17.7 kWh/100km. Charging shall be at a most of 155 kW DC.
The drive structure of the Honda Prologue thus differs considerably from the ZDX from Honda’s model Acura, which can be primarily based on Basic Motors’ Ultium platform. The latter has a selection of rear-wheel drive with round 254 kW or all-wheel drive with 373 kW. A 102 kWh battery pack can be put in within the Acura ZDX.
The Honda’s inside is claimed to characteristic an eleven-inch cockpit show on the manufacturing facility, in addition to an 11.3-inch touchscreen for infotainment. The “Elite” trim additionally will get a head-up show.
In line with the press launch, the bottom worth of the Honda Prologue shall be “over 40,000 {dollars}” earlier than choices, however there’s additionally speak of costs beginning at just below 50,000 {dollars}. Extra details about the costs ought to comply with initially of pre-sales earlier than the tip of the 12 months. If that is true, the bottom worth of the Honda can be not less than $10,000 cheaper than the Acura primarily based on the identical platform.
Honda reportedly depends on Tesla’s fast-charging system in North America and is a associate in an automaker consortium that introduced its personal HPC community for the area.
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