WASHINGTON — Honda’s U.S. unit talked about on Monday it’s concentrating on preliminary annual product sales of 70,000 for its planned electric Prologue sport utility vehicle when it goes to market in 2024.
Honda plans in order so as to add additional electric vehicle fashions as a result of it objectives to have supplied an entire of 500,000 electrical autos within the US by 2030, and to appreciate 100% zero emission autos product sales in North America by 2040.
It comes as President Joe Biden signed an govt order last month setting a objective to make half of all new passenger autos supplied in 2030 zero-emissions autos.
The Honda Prologue is being co-developed with General Motors and relies on the Detroit automaker’s Ultium platform, a modular platform and battery system. Honda and GM are moreover co-developing {an electrical} Acura-brand SUV.
GM will assemble the Prologue and the Acura SUV — every of which is ready to go on sale in 2024 — nonetheless Honda has not disclosed which plant will assemble the autos or the establish or amount targets for the Acura.
Following the GM-built fashions, Honda will introduce a group of electrified autos by way of 2030 based on the Honda developed e-Structure, a model new EV platform led by Honda, and might assemble electrical autos at Honda crops in North America.
Dave Gardner, govt vp of nationwide operations at American Honda, talked about in a press launch Honda will initially focus Prologue product sales on California and completely different states like Texas and Florida.
He talked about Honda plans in order so as to add hybrid-electric applications to additional U.S. fashions.
“Our technique is targeted on introducing the next share of hybrids in core fashions within the close to time period, making a dedicated effort to realize greater quantity resulting in the introduction of our Honda Prologue,” Gardner talked about.
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