Honda aims yearly sales of 70,000 Prologue electric vehicles in U.S. from 2024

Honda Motor Co’s U.S. unit said on Monday it is focusing on starting yearly deals of 70,000 for its planned electric Prologue sport utility vehicle when it goes to advertise in 2024.

Honda plans to add extra electric vehicle models as it intends to have sold a sum of 500,000 electric vehicles in the United States by 2030, and to accomplish 100% zero discharge vehicles deals in North America by 2040.

It comes as President Joe Biden marked a executive order last month setting an objective to make half of all new traveler vehicles sold in 2030 zero-discharges vehicles.

The Honda Prologue is being co-created with General Motors Co and depends on the Detroit automaker’s Ultium stage, a measured stage and battery framework. Honda and GM are likewise co-fostering an electric Acura-brand SUV.

GM will collect the Prologue and the Acura SUV – the two of which will go on special in 2024 – yet Honda has not unveiled which plant will construct the vehicles or the name or volume focuses for the Acura.

Following the GM-fabricated models, Honda will present a progression of zapped vehicles through 2030 dependent on the Honda created e-Architecture, another EV stage drove by Honda, and will gather electric vehicles at Honda plants in North America.

Dave Gardner, chief VP of public activities at American Honda Motor Co, said in an assertion Honda will at first spotlight Prologue deals on California and different states like Texas and Florida.

He said Honda plans to add mixture electric frameworks to more U.S. models.

“Our strategy is focused on introducing a higher percentage of hybrids in core models in the near term, making a committed effort to achieve higher volume leading to the introduction of our Honda Prologue,” Gardner said.