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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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Honda would also develop an upmarket Acura ZDX crossover on the same platform­—that one would be built by GM at the Lyriq assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Finally, the Prologue offers both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard. The Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX are presentable, competent and competitive.

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Honda targeting introduction of Level 4 automated driving capability by 2025; Level 3 by 2020

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This new goal builds upon earlier-announced plans for Honda and Acura vehicles to have highly-automated freeway driving capability (SAE Level 3) by 2020. Honda Sensing was first introduced on the 2015 Honda CR-V and has since been applied to the Honda Civic, Pilot SUV, Ridgeline pickup and just-launched 2018 Odyssey minivan.

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2017 Chrysler Pacifica wins Altair Enlighten Award for weight reduction in full vehicle category; Toyota, Faurecia and AP&T module, technology winners

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In addition, the all-new Pacifica minivan also makes strategic use of aluminum. Its combined city/highway rating of 22 mpg is unsurpassed in the minivan segment, while the all-new vehicle’s unique construction also benefits the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. All-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica body structure 72% high-strength steel.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Making air suspension and AWD standard in the 2017 model has added more complexity and more things that could potentially falter. While the Chrysler 300 improves to “Average,” the Pacifica minivan falls to “Below-Average.” However, Acura seems to have worked out recent trouble spots with its new transmissions and infotainment systems.

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Event: 2024 Los Angeles Auto Show

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In alphabetical order: 2025 Acura ACX This all-new premium compact SUV is the entry model to the Acura line-up, offering “young buyers” the opportunity to get into the performance side of Honda for less than they could in recent years. Standard engine will be a turbocharged 1.5-liter liter VTEC four. This includes a 10.2-inch

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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However, standard hybrids actually outperformed every other group with 26 percent fewer problems than vehicles wholly reliant on gasoline. But it also left your author wondering why standard hybrids weren’t seeing the same number of problems. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs – Charged EVs

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Honda would also develop an upmarket Acura ZDX crossover on the same platform­—that one would be built by GM at the Lyriq assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Finally, the Prologue offers both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard. The Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX are presentable, competent and competitive.

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