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Honda reveals styling of new Prologue battery-electric SUV; new CR-V hybrid to be gateway vehicle

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Honda has provided the first look at the exterior and interior styling of the all-new Honda Prologue battery-electric SUV that will come to market in North America in 2024. Prologue’s generous dimensions and roomy interior position the SUV alongside the Passport in Honda’s light truck lineup. Prologue will have a wheelbase of 121.8-inches,

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Honda CEO: Solid-state batteries may enable affordable small EV by 2030

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Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic. It might take a technology breakthrough, like solid-state battery tech, before Honda sees a small, affordable car as making sense—late in the decade. Aoyama underscored that Acura is being handled differently, though.

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Honda, Acura neatly situated in 2023, says American Honda’s Mamadou Diallo

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Shoppers are snapping up each Honda and Acura product now that we will be able to meet call for, however we nonetheless wish to secure our manufacturing goal reasonable and in step with our pristine industry methods, which is [maintaining] low stock and having sellers promote into their pipeline, and truly run an effective operation.

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First look: Meet the Prologue, Honda’s first electric SUV

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Honda has shown off the exterior and interior of the Prologue electric SUV, the first EV that will spring from its joint venture with General Motors. That comfortably puts Australia’s best-selling electric SUV, the Tesla Model Y , in the shade. The following year a new series of affordable EVs co-developed with GM will be rolled out.

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Honda to invest $40B over 10 years in electrification and software; launching 30 EV models by 2030; > 2M units p.a.

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(Honda brand: All-new Prologue SUV, Acura brand: an EV SUV model.). Then, Honda is planning to make the timely introduction of personal-use mini-EVs and EV SUVs. For China, Honda will introduce a total of 10 new EV models by 2027.

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Ford drastically cuts workforce at F-150 Lightning EV plant amid ‘much slower’ demand

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2024 Ford F-150 Flash (Source: Ford) Electrek’s Take The workforce reduction comes as Ford shifts plans from larger EVs to smaller , more affordable ones. Smaller, more affordable ones will win in the long run. The new EV platform will have multiple “top hats,” enabling new electric SUVs, trucks, sedans, and vans.

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AutoTrader.com June trend report shows increasing consumer interest in trucks and SUVs

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AutoTrader.com’s June Trend Engine report, which provides analysis of site traffic as it relates to consumer shopping behavior, shows that trucks and SUVs have gained consumer interest since May and that interest in compact cars is starting to subside. There were six SUVs on the list of most-searched CPO vehicles.

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