It could just be the color but even without it I think you're right. -Travis
@JoeE.7 ай бұрын
It is better. But I'm still leaning towards buying a hybrid and not EV.
@wackit67567 ай бұрын
Wow! I really enjoyed your clear and concise review of this Honda and it’s their future. Can you introduce yourself? I’ve been watching Alex for years but missed the introductions for the new crew (if there were any).You’ve got my attention! ✌️
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
You can find our team introduction here --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKrXnYKbjsyXjdEsi=zYS8Y2Q-z_xYEAGE I've been with the Buyers Guide team for going on six months but I've been a "car person" my whole life and am particularly interested in the new wave of "electrified" vehicles; that's why you'll find me on both Auto Buyers Guide and EV Buyers Guide. Thanks for tuning in! -Travis
@Rioichi46 ай бұрын
Its honestly really exciting to see a car manufacturer's journey, the previous awkward attempts at electrification, and then what actually stuck.
@EVBuyersGuide6 ай бұрын
Hopefully for Honda and it's customers this one sticks better than some of their other efforts. -Travis
@daweed9807 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing Honda's story to electrification. It's a shame they had to collaborate with GM to get to this point since they had such a head start with the Insight. I'm rooting for them nevertheless. Great job Travis
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
I don't think it's functionally the shame that people theorize it will be. For those wondering I would highly suggest taking it for a spin before passing final judgement. For what it's worth I would consider putting one in the garage. And thanks for watching! -Travis
@nevco87747 ай бұрын
The history of Honda's electrictrification includes mostly a list of failures except its Clarity PHEV. Hopefully this one vehicle will have a better fate.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Sales failures, yes, but I think there were some fairly clever attempts made that just didn't quite stick. -Travis
@jamespaul25877 ай бұрын
Clarity was also a sales failure, and a vehicle that Honda never promoted, as a PHEV or as a very limited production compliance EV.
@nevco87747 ай бұрын
@@jamespaul2587 Yes, that was Clarity, a real marketing failure. However it was a very solid, reliable, roomy, practical, desirable vehicle.
@RisoSystems7 ай бұрын
You missed one. The Honda EV+. Yes they were test beds, only about 300 made. But they were the source of a lot of information which Honda went on to use in other vehicles. I know. I had one.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
The Honda EV+ and the Fit EV fall into a similar category but since neither were mainstream I didn't include them in this discussion. However, both of those vehicles are an example of Honda testing the waters and gathering data and I give them a lot of credit for those efforts. I tried to get a Fit EV for myself back in the day. -Travis
@Tinrs807 ай бұрын
Good video. I agree i wish more companies would partner up. I see very little Blazer in this and only really know cause of Journalist saying.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
I suspect most folks who walk into a Honda dealer and look at this will be in the same boat and have no idea there's a GM connection. -Travis
@alliejr7 ай бұрын
@@EVBuyersGuideUntil they see the interior which is (sadly) all crappy GM switchgear and not what Honda owners would expect.
@garyturner22727 ай бұрын
if Honda wants to sell these they will have to cut the price by $20,000 minimum, EV sales are cratering
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
$20,000 seems like a pretty arbitrary number but one of the big things the Prologue has going for it is access to the $7,500 federal tax credit and that's something a lot of it's competition doesn't have. -Travis
@apterachallenge6 ай бұрын
No mention of the Honda e? Or was that not available in the US?
@EVBuyersGuide6 ай бұрын
Never available in the US and I doubt it would have sold well. Not to say I wouldn't have been interested myself. -Travis
@guylr73907 ай бұрын
A better GM product but really just another one and done misstep for Honda. Something went wrong in the GM Honda relationship a breakup happened.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
A breakup did occur but I don't see how one can call this a misstep when it hasn't even reached customers yet. Seens a little premature. -Travis
@guylr73907 ай бұрын
@@EVBuyersGuide I see it as an orphan even before the first one reaches a dealership. Ten years from now will there be body, interior parts and electronics?
@nephipower5 ай бұрын
I wish a lot more was shown on the inside of the car and your opinion of it
@EVBuyersGuide5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, you can find our full walkthrough of the Prologue on Auto Buyers Guide and my opinion of it is overall positive. -Travis
@FuncleChuck7 ай бұрын
I loved my Honda Clarity PHEV. Truly a genius design. I just wish they’d put a little more love into that car, and made a new generation.
@faeinthebay7 ай бұрын
It was cool but a bit weird. It had their old tech, including the questionable blind spot camera. And rear visibility wasn't great through the split windows. They did a pretty great job with a hybrid powertrain though.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
The PHEV was the best of that bunch in my opinion and at the time competition was really only the Chevy Volt and Kia Niro PHEV and only one of those still stands today. -Travis
@JCo-bx3tq6 ай бұрын
@@faeinthebay What was so weird about the bling spot camera? I had the 2019 insight and loved the blind spot camera when trying to get across 7+ lanes.
@faeinthebay6 ай бұрын
@@JCo-bx3tq for me, it took too long to load and the screen was pretty far down.
@freddiecarr76027 ай бұрын
My 2104 Accord plug-in was ( is) one of the most fun cars to drive as the 2.0 always seemed a little too much for the software settings! My 2018 dog Clarity Plug-in now has 160,000 and time to replace. I am leaning toward the Prologue with rebates etc. so great video!
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, hopefully you enjoy the Prologue! -Travis
@CMCNestT7 ай бұрын
It looks Honda Homely. I think they should offer the 105 kWh battery in the Elite Model if not the higher spec motors of Blazer EV SS. Acura ZDX is a no go for me since it doesn't have grab handles over the front passenger door.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Everyone has their things. -Travis
@jamespaul25877 ай бұрын
To me, It looks far better and with a more useful design than the oddly styled Clarity
@ALMX5DP7 ай бұрын
Any thoughts on how production will go? I know the news of the Ultium production difficulties may be a bit hyped but I wonder if Honda has any influence in how many of these Prologues will be built if there is still somewhat of a bottleneck with others on the same production line.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Honda said they aren't concerned about production and I would guess they have contractual levers or assurances on production numbers. -Travis
@ALMX5DP7 ай бұрын
@@EVBuyersGuide makes sense, thanks for the reply.
@paul86997 ай бұрын
I watched this at 110% speed and it feels much more Alex-like. Just an idea for editing, or other viewers.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the feedback and for watching. -Travis
@jamespaul25877 ай бұрын
Good suggestion, however I prefer a more relaxed and natural conversation speed.
@BensEcoAdvntr7 ай бұрын
Honda also offered a Fit EV for leasing only. Don’t know if any are still around though
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
They did but that was in such low numbers and essentially only available in California so I figured it was ok to skip for the time being. -Travis
@jamespaul25877 ай бұрын
I believe they were all crushed following the lease returns, like the EV1
@BensEcoAdvntr7 ай бұрын
@@jamespaul2587 😞
@mikemcallister31387 ай бұрын
Review is useful, professional, well done. Now, about the price ? What about a comparison to say, Volvo or BMW ?
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Hi Mike, you can find a more detailed review on our sister channel Auto Buyers Guide (link in the description). The Prologue starts at $48,795 (including destination fee) and with a starting price like that there isn't a lot of comparison to be made with current Volvo or BMW offerings. T he closest would be the Volvo XC40 but that's thousands of dollars more and a size category below the Prologue. -Travis.
@Benyuri77 ай бұрын
Seems hypocritical for Honda when you consider the up and coming hydrogen and electric hybrid CR-V.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Why hypocritical? I don't think I understand where you're coming from there. -Travis
@Benyuri77 ай бұрын
@@EVBuyersGuide Honda's hesitation to build their EV from the ground up vs. Collaborating (at best) or using GM's platform which a lot of ways deviate from Honda's philosophy. It would seem a better business decision to use the GM Blazer platform for the pHEV(hydrogen) and have the CR-V be a full EV. 1. Prologue/Blazer/Lyriq is larger than CR-Z, and scaling is more effective with hydrogen. The greater or larger the scale(platform) the more efficient hydrogen becomes(primarily for storage). 2. Greater opportunity (for GM/Honda) to share and partner in expanding hydrogen beyond California borders while supplemented by exchanging EV tech. A CR-V EV would maximize space a lot better vs. a massive hydrogen tanks and undersize battery and e-motor. 3. It further differentiates itself from the Blaze and Lyriq with hydrogen. While the EV CR-V competes in the larger market against the Mach E and X. Basically marketing wise, look at it as the EV Prologue and the hybrid hydrogen CR-V are cosplaying each other to their detriment.
@Benyuri77 ай бұрын
@@EVBuyersGuide Their uncertainty for embracing an EV platform while going above and beyond for a Fuel Cell plugin CR-V which is more complex.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
The Prologue isn't going to be Honda's only EV. The way I see it is this is the quickest way they could get an EV to market without making major compromises to their future EV plans. By minimizing the development needed for this model they can put more time, resources, and thought to their own ground up EV architecture. -Travis
@billyjean29057 ай бұрын
Honda, Toyata, they're just late for party whatever. Among the Japanese manufacturers, Nissan is only one that competitive. I don't mean Nissan is superb, but Honda and Toyota both are merely incompetitive when in tomes to EV. They're making EV only to meet the regulation or standard not to sell it.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
I'm not sure I would look to Nissan and declare them the most competitive of the 3 you mentioned. They've been at it for a long time with the Leaf and are far from "leading the pack". -Travis
@FuncleChuck7 ай бұрын
I disagree. Yes, they’re not in the game. They’re playing a different game, waiting for the bleeding edge companies to bleed themselves badly, they will swoop in to lead the next generation. They’re still global superpowers for manufacturing- they just don’t have the incentives to switch yet.
@samc58217 ай бұрын
Good job Travis!
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
Thank you! -Travis
@markb38667 ай бұрын
EV are done for a while. This one looks like an appliance.
@EVBuyersGuide7 ай бұрын
I would argue they aren't at all done for awhile and I can't say I see "appliance" when I look at this one. -Travis