Honda will bitterly regret its decision to get in bed with GM. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
Once upon a time, General Motors had divisions such as Pontiac and Oldsmobile that sold Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles. When they began trying to sell repackaged Chevys, people became less interested in buying them. And then there were no more Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles.
Will the same happen to Honda?
For the first time in the company’s history, it will be trying to sell a repackaged General Motors product. Specifically, the electric version of Chevy’s Blazer. It will be repackaged and sold under the Honda badge as the Prologue.
But it’s a “Honda” in the same way that Rachel Levine is America’s first “female” admiral.
It’s understandable why Honda is trying to re-sell the Chevy Blazer EV. So as to not waste Honda’s resources on an EV.
Let Chevy (GM) absorb the cost of manufacturing this device for which there is no market. Honda gets the credit – with the government. Having an EV in Honda’s lineup helps improve Honda’s compliance profile with such rigmarole as the federal government’s mandatory MPG minimums (CAFE), which will shortly require each automaker’s combined fleet to average nearly 50 MPG.
