The soon-to-be-retired electrical SUV was born from a collaboration with GM.
After cancelling three EVs in March, Honda is getting out of the US EV recreation fully by ending gross sales of the Honda Prologue on the finish of this 2026 mannequin 12 months, CarBuzz reports. The corporate announced the electrical SUV in 2021, and began promoting it in 2024. With simply two years available on the market, it is one more casualty of the end of federal EV incentives within the US.
“Honda will conclude gross sales of Prologue later this 12 months following completion of the 2026 mannequin 12 months,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement to CarBuzz. “Prologue prospects will proceed to obtain full assist by our vendor community, together with service, components, and guarantee protection.” Engadget has contacted Honda for extra details about its EV plans within the US as soon as the Prologue is retired. We’ll replace this text if we hear again.
The Prologue wasn’t as standard because the Tesla Mannequin Y or Mannequin 3 in its first full 12 months of gross sales, according to Electrek, nevertheless it was nonetheless the sixth-best-selling EV within the US. It was additionally the product of a singular collaboration with General Motors, the place Honda deliberate to make use of the automobile maker’s one-size-fits-all Ultium battery platform to kickstart an eventual shift into predominantly EV gross sales. GM finally abandoned Ultium in 2024 in favor of different battery designs, prompting Honda to focus by itself platform.
Honda later demoed a few of its next-gen EVs in November 2025, nevertheless it was noncommittal about bringing them to the US. Cancelling the Honda O sedan and SUV in March signalled the corporate will probably withhold future EVs from the US. The corporate nonetheless sells compact EVs in international locations like Japan and China, after all, however within the US, its zero-emission car choices are actually restricted. With out the Prologue, the one possibility is the Honda CR-V e:FCEV, a hydrogen gasoline cell automobile that is solely offered in California.
Whereas the Prologue joins the rising graveyard of cancelled or retired EVs, there’s a silver lining, of a form. The lack of federal incentives has usually damage the EV enterprise, however the rising value of fuel has truly helped EV sales to stabilize. And when you reside in California, now you can buy your first new or used EV at a slight low cost due to recently introduced instant rebates.
