Honda’s first US-market EV is here—the 2024 Prologue, driven
Enlarge / Honda definitely doesn't want you to think of the Prologue as a rebadged Chevy Blazer EV, and it has worked quite hard to make it feel like a Honda. (credit: Robin Warner)
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HEALDSBURG, Calif. - The beginning of Honda's transition story away from internal combustion starts, fittingly enough, with the Prologue. The Japanese brand's first mainstream battery-electric vehicle for the United States market plops right in the center of the red-hot midsize crossover SUV segment.
At first glance, the Prologue looks awfully similar to the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, and for good reason. The two share the Ultium platform structure as a foundation, not to mention the same 121.8-inch (3,094-mm) wheelbase and very similar dimensions. However, the Prologue measures a smidge shorter, wider, and lower at 192 inches (4,877 mm) long, 78.3 inches (1,989 mm) wide, and 64.7 inches (1,643 mm) tall.
A nod to '80s designIndeed, Honda engineers moved to southeast Michigan to join GM in creating this platform, and much of the Prologue's development happened in Michigan, not Ohio. "We didn't want to change the Ultium platform," John Hwang, project lead of the Honda Prologue, said. "We want to take the best part of that: great suspension, great performance, great range."