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The Japanese automaker Honda recently updated the 2024 Ridgeline mid-size unibody pickup truck. Also, it introduced the asphalt-avoiding TrailSport variant – the base models kick off at almost $40k, and the all-new rugged trim goes out from almost $45k.
That's pretty expensive when considering the all-new 2024 Toyota Tacoma, a serious contender to the best-selling crown this year, starts with MSRPs from $31,500, and it's not even the cheapest option out there. But Honda loves to play with high MSRPs – just think of Ridgeline's SUV equivalent, the 2024 Passport, which starts from no less than $41,900, while the larger 2024 Pilot is $37k!
The pricing discussion is quite interesting because Honda is coming out with both the 2024 Acura ZDX and the Prologue EV sport utility vehicles, and the latter could start between $45k and $50k. Still, with incentives available for most buyers, it could go down to as low as the starting MSRP of the 2024 Pilot! So, what could happen if Honda decides – either in partnership with GM or not – to expand the EV revolution further with a third-generation Ridgeline EV?
Well, both the looks and zero-emission powertrain are hypothetical at the moment. That's because what we see in the hero shot in the gallery is the figment of someone's imagination, not the next iteration of the sole mid-size unibody pickup truck available on the US market. Vince Burlapp (aka vburlapp on social media) is a prolific virtual artist who loves to dream of all the latest models across the wide-ranging automotive realm, and he recently took a shot at the unofficial Honda Ridgeline EV.
That's not a bad idea, considering that Honda has promised to continuously electrify its range, and a fully electric Ridgeline is not an if but rather a matter of when. For now, it's utterly wishful thinking, especially since we don't know if Honda will continue to work with General Motors beyond the upcoming Ultium-based Prologue and Acura ZDX. But if it does, a Honda Ridgeline EV would be easy to imagine with the zero-emissions architecture and powertrain from the Prologue.
That basically means an extrapolation of the BEV3 platform and Ultium goodies standard between the Honda Prologue, Chevrolet Equinox and Blazer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, Buick Electra E4 and E5, plus the newly-announced Cadillac Optiq and Vistiq. So, would you like to see a Honda electric pickup truck come to life, potentially alongside the next-gen Ridgeline with ICE power?
Or should the company 'take it easy,' tame its zero-emissions expectations a little, something like Toyota did with the Tacoma i-Force Max, and kick off the proceeds with something along the line of a hybrid setup or a plug-in hybrid powertrain before jumping on the EV bandwagon?
The pricing discussion is quite interesting because Honda is coming out with both the 2024 Acura ZDX and the Prologue EV sport utility vehicles, and the latter could start between $45k and $50k. Still, with incentives available for most buyers, it could go down to as low as the starting MSRP of the 2024 Pilot! So, what could happen if Honda decides – either in partnership with GM or not – to expand the EV revolution further with a third-generation Ridgeline EV?
Well, both the looks and zero-emission powertrain are hypothetical at the moment. That's because what we see in the hero shot in the gallery is the figment of someone's imagination, not the next iteration of the sole mid-size unibody pickup truck available on the US market. Vince Burlapp (aka vburlapp on social media) is a prolific virtual artist who loves to dream of all the latest models across the wide-ranging automotive realm, and he recently took a shot at the unofficial Honda Ridgeline EV.
That's not a bad idea, considering that Honda has promised to continuously electrify its range, and a fully electric Ridgeline is not an if but rather a matter of when. For now, it's utterly wishful thinking, especially since we don't know if Honda will continue to work with General Motors beyond the upcoming Ultium-based Prologue and Acura ZDX. But if it does, a Honda Ridgeline EV would be easy to imagine with the zero-emissions architecture and powertrain from the Prologue.
That basically means an extrapolation of the BEV3 platform and Ultium goodies standard between the Honda Prologue, Chevrolet Equinox and Blazer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, Buick Electra E4 and E5, plus the newly-announced Cadillac Optiq and Vistiq. So, would you like to see a Honda electric pickup truck come to life, potentially alongside the next-gen Ridgeline with ICE power?
Or should the company 'take it easy,' tame its zero-emissions expectations a little, something like Toyota did with the Tacoma i-Force Max, and kick off the proceeds with something along the line of a hybrid setup or a plug-in hybrid powertrain before jumping on the EV bandwagon?
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