Edmunds Compares: 2024 Honda Prologue versus 2024 Toyota bZ4X Electric SUVs

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Honda has a long reputation for building highly fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and now it’s getting serious about EVs with the all-new 2024 Prologue

While Honda has a long reputation for building fuel-efficient cars and trucks, it’s only now getting serious about EVs with its new 2024 Prologue. The Prologue is an all-electric SUV that seats five and is about the same length as a Honda Passport. Interestingly, Honda expedited its entry in the electric SUV arena by borrowing off-the-shelf EV know-how from General Motors. The Prologue shares its battery, motors and many of its features with the Chevrolet Blazer EV.

Toyota is in a similar situation. It co-engineered its first mass-produced EV, the bZ4X, with Subaru. The 2024 bZ4X builds on last year’s debut with a few improvements such as longer range and quicker charging. And like the Prologue, the bZ4X has two rows of seating, available all-wheel drive, and a long roster of tech features. Which one is the better buy? The auto experts at Edmunds pitted them against each other to find out.

The single-motor front-wheel-drive Prologue is the one to get if range is a priority. According to EPA estimates, the Prologue’s maximum range is 296 miles on a full charge. All-wheel-drive models are slightly less at 273-281 miles, depending on trim. In the independent Edmunds EV Range Test, a dual-motor Elite model exceeded its EPA estimate, impressively going 320 miles on a full charge.

The Toyota’s range varies from a low of 222 miles in the dual-motor Limited trim with all-wheel drive to a max of 252 miles in the single-motor XLE. This figure falls short of range in the Prologue and most similarly sized electric SUVs. The bZ4X exceeded its estimated range in Edmunds’ testing,