Honda has caught to its promise made throughout final fall’s debut of the 2024 Prologue to ship the electrical midsize SUV for underneath $50,000.

The automaker on Thursday introduced the 2024 Prologue is priced from $48,795, together with a $1,395 vacation spot cost. Additionally confirmed was the automobile’s most EPA-rated vary estimate, which is available in at 296 miles.

The Prologue lands at dealerships in March and is the most costly automobile in Honda’s lineup, a title beforehand held by the racy Civic Kind R. Nevertheless, to assist justify the steep value, Honda has generously geared up the Prologue, even in base type.

The checklist of normal options consists of 19-inch alloy wheels, heated entrance seats, a 10-way energy adjustable driver’s seat with lumbar help, a wi-fi smartphone charger, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and Google built-in. Honda additionally features a suite of digital driver-assist options as customary, although the automaker hasn’t detailed that checklist.

The only battery within the Prologue is an 85-kwh unit that permits DC fast-charging at charges of as much as 150 kw, or sufficient so as to add 65 miles of vary in round 10 minutes, based on Honda. There are two powertrains to select from. The usual front-wheel-drive setup with a single motor is nice for 212 hp and an obtainable dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup is nice for 288 hp.

The 296-mile vary estimate is the utmost for the single-motor possibility. Including the dual-motor powertrain, which prices $3,000, brings the utmost vary estimate all the way down to 281 miles.

The Prologue makes use of Basic Motors’ Ultium EV platform and battery expertise set. GM can also be constructing the Prologue for Honda at a plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. The plant is the place GM builds the Ultium-based 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, whose dimensions are just like these of the Prologue which measures 192 inches lengthy with a wheelbase of 121.8 inches. The Blazer EV is priced to start out from about $56,000.

Equally, GM additionally builds the 2024 Acura ZDX, an electrical midsize SUV that’s extra intently associated to the Cadillac Lyriq. The ZDX is priced from $64,500, excluding vacation spot.

Honda will finally launch a brand new household of EVs primarily based on an in-house platform, and a few of these fashions will attain the U.S. Introduced earlier this month through the 2024 CES, the brand new household is called the 0 (zero) collection and can spawn a manufacturing model of the modern Saloon idea proven throughout CES for the U.S. market in 2026.

Additionally due in 2026 might be an electrical sedan from the brand new model Afeela, which is a three way partnership between Honda and Sony. A prototype of the Afeela sedan was additionally on show at CES. Honda will construct the sedan at certainly one of its vegetation in North America, seemingly in Ohio.