Honda lastly has a reputation for its first electrical SUV, to not point out extra exact timing. As Roadshow notes, the automaker has revealed that this EV folks hauler (not pictured right here) might be referred to as the Prologue when it arrives in early 2024. You’ll additionally see the promised Acura SUV someday in calendar 2024, though that vaguer promise suggests this mannequin will path its extra mainstream counterpart.

The firm nonetheless is not offering a lot element about what the Prologue will entail, though it reiterated that each the Prologue and its Acura counterpart will run on GM’s Ultium batteries. Don’t anticipate that tie-up to final lengthy, although, as Honda additionally guarantees EVs within the second half of the last decade based mostly on a brand new “e:Architecture.”

The Prologue could possibly be one among Honda’s most vital vehicles in current reminiscence. The firm plans to shift fully to EVs by 2040, with 40 % of major-market gross sales both utilizing batteries or hydrogen gas cells by 2030. If the model goes to fulfill these objectives, it must roll out broadly interesting EVs fairly than comparatively area of interest fashions just like the Honda E compact. The Prologue will begin that course and present simply how properly Honda can transition away from combustion engines.