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What makes a Honda a Honda? Prologue engineers help us find out!

2024/11/16
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Jason Hwang 强调，尽管本田与通用汽车合作开发了 Prologue 和 ZDX，并使用了通用的 Ultium 平台，但本田在设计和造型方面发挥了主导作用，以确保这两款车拥有独特的品牌特征，而不是简单的换标产品。他们合作确定了哪些部分可以共享，哪些部分需要重新设计，以平衡效率和品牌差异化。 Emilio Sanchez 补充说明，Prologue 的内饰布局、开关、屏幕和按钮的位置等都遵循了本田的设计准则，旨在为用户提供一致的本田驾驶体验。用户界面设计借鉴了现有本田车型的元素，但采用了更现代化的风格，例如更明亮的背景和新的字体，以契合电动汽车的时代感。

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Honda engineers Jason Hwang and Emilio Sanchez discuss the development of the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX, highlighting the unique aspects that make these vehicles feel distinctly Honda.
  • Collaboration with GM on the Ultium platform.
  • Focus on design, styling, and user interface to differentiate the vehicles.
  • Integration of Honda's traditional identity into the EV platform.

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On today's informative episode of Quick Charge), we've got Honda engineers Jason Hwang and Emilio Sanchez to talk us through some of the things that make the GM Ultium-based Honda Prologue EV feel like a real Honda, and why that matters.

Jason and Emilio talk about some of the choices they made to make the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX feel different from its GM-branded cousins, and explain why this was much more than a case of badge-engineering. Give it a listen, then let us know what you think of the Prologue and ZDX in the comments.

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