HONDA PROLOGUE - A Complete Range, Charging and Route Planning Test
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knowing that the car sucks at calculating how long it takes to chare go 100%, in the future you will just charge to 100% 3 hours before you need it.
Absolutely right. Great advice
Considering your difficulty in Md., imagine the potential for even more problems out here in Arizona. I love the idea of an EV, but it's just not ready for prime time IMHO.
Technically I didn’t have any problems. But if you want a gas station experience, you won’t be an EV owner.
@@Aslash304 : Some day perhaps.
Man... Tesla has me spoiled. That lack of interoperability would be so frustrating.
It is. My last car was a model Y.
I won't even look at the Honda for my next vehicle. That experience would annoy me tremendously.
@@KamikazeeNYCroad trips are annoying. 80-90% of driving is effortless.
My goodness, mainstream America will never embrace EVs with all the nonsense you experienced. DCFC a Tesla or Rivian is nothing like all the tribulations you faced. The Prologue route planning, navigation and range is weak. 50kW charging is Bolt-like. Hard pass on this EV.
Well it is a GM product so the comparison to the Bolt isn’t too far off
@@Lightdog555he only has the prologue because honda threw him a lifevest by taking his fisker on trade in. He made the right call. Next ev will probably by a tesla or rivian. I wouldn't touch anything else.
Yep. It’s trash. Better than a Fisker, though.
@@Aslash304 I LOVE the Prologue! It’s a great car!
I haven't tried the schedule on my prologue yet. I have a chargepoint charger and I tried the schedule on the chargepoint app and it didn't work. I can start and stop charging from the app but for some reason scheduling it to start did not work. I just go out into the garage after 8 or so and plug it in and let it charge to whatever I've set the car to. Our electricity is 7 cents a kwh so pretty cheap. The PUD does not appear to have a different rate for what they consider peak times but I figure after 8 pm is probably pretty safe if they do.
Sorry about your planning experience. Your electric rate is cheap. That’s great you’re taking advantage with an EV
@@Aslash304 not really planning yet. It was just an experiment to see what works at home. I live in eastern WA and there aren’t a ton of chargers for trips. I think once superchargers are available I can plan trips longer than 100 miles. We have a hybrid we can take on family trips but I still want to try taking the prologue in longer road trips.
I believe I heard you in one of your videos talking about the memory seat option is not or was not working. You need to activate the function in the vehicle settings.
I got mine working. Thanks so much for this
Enjoying your videos! But I'm curious why you don't put the actual charging station in GPS. Does this car not " prepared for fast charging " thanks
Great question: With a max of 150 there’s no need. Also, the chargers I’m going to are either capped by the voltage of the car or the amps at the charger to the point that there’s absolutely no use in preconditioning. Go to 11 minutes and 15 seconds in this video to learn more about why preconditioning this car will do nothing unless it’s really cold out: th-cam.com/video/v8fzyVfuw7E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0FA1TTsCbM5i03vY
@Aslash304 thats very interesting, but such bad charging speeds looks like miss.
Why not just charge it up to 100% the first chance you get? I don't get it....
I’ll address this in an upcoming video.
Feel like you were significantly more harsh with the fisker than you were with the honda here.
Maybe that’s because the Fisker ate its mudflap and turned on the rear reading lights for an hour in the back seat while my son was trying to sleep, my wife had to punch them to get them to go off
@@Aslash304 I guess those are annoying, but I feel like functional issues such as charging and navigating are worse, considering it impacted you actually getting somewhere in a reasonable time.
@@jeremyh9174the Ocean navigated me to a non-functional fast charger amongst a literally sea of charging options.
The Honda app isn’t the best I have a clarity and it always has issues and I am transitioning to full EV relatively soon so thank you for your experiences.
I live in Los Angeles, so generally chargers out here are plentiful
I am looking at the Volvo XC40 and ID4 the Mach E is starting to come into my price range so lots of good options
There are a lot of good options in the used market. Good luck in your search!
So this is a Honda Blazer right?
Pretty much
I trust Honda over GM though
@@LouisDuranit's not a Honda in any way whatsoever it's a general motors product everything about it
@@supertec2023 That is false.
Sorry Adam, I usually enjoy your video's. Keep in mind, My family is an ALL EV driving family. With 3 evs under our belt since 2019. However, after watching this video, not even I would want to drive an EV😢
Maybe it was just the way it was edited? It just seemed like soo many steps or work
I appreciate your feedback, and I understand your point of view. The video shows all the steps for educational purposes. I feel the exact same way about oil changes. I’m also showing an audience that is likely to be first time EV owners some of the thought processes involved. My editing could also be poor.
Ive scheduled a charge on my Prologue and the same thing happened. I don't use that anymore. five attempts was enough for me. Never fully charges.
I appreciate the feedback. I’ll give it one more try
Thanks Adam. I have to agree with another commenter that was somewhat off-putting as an experience. Access to Tesla superchargers will undoubtedly create issues to due the charge port location vs Tesla supercharger short charge cord. However if you can get an end spot or access from the backside you won't be taking up 2 spots. I can see issues ahead when non tesla EVs clog up Tesla Supercharge locations. I'm currently waiting for my adapter to checkout the Blazer EV compatibility with Tesla superchargers. It works fine at home on a level 2 Tesla universal charger with the charger set to compatibility mode (no more cannot charge messages).
I appreciate the feedback. It’s not a seamless process. I hope your experience with the Blazer goes well!
Really appreciate you doing these tests! I dont think anyone has actually gone into such depth!
Random question, have you tried the ioniq 5?
Yes. It’s significantly better because it charges faster
In four years of EV ownership I haven’t had as many issues charging as you have had in this one trip. 🤷🏼♂️
In our own there is a 50kw charge point that hasn’t worked for 2 years, I had a out of town driver ask me bout fast charging and the options where about 45 km south and 70 km northwest he had to charge at an available 6kw unit for longer than he wanted to in order to reach a faster charger. Anyway after rhat I thought I would ask Charge Point about the charger and they replied that they were waiting for an upgraded modem. They must still be trying to figure out how to go about making the modem a year after I contacted them.
Thanks for your feedback. For the avoidance of doubt, I successfully charged 4 out of 4 times.
All good only when came to explain about the klw and cost I get confused I need slow explanation 😊
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Just demonstrating why I won't buy these PIA's. My plug-in clarity is as close as I want to become to this hassle.
Can't wait for Toyota or others to release better tech than this electric junk. But I have the feeling the "powers" won't allow that to happen.
Understandable.
Thanks again for all your work and great content
@@sickb0y333 thanks for watching!
Here's something like to bring about this EV in particular. If somebody has worked on Hondas for over 30 years I've been conscripted to work on this vehicle. I've never been a general motors technician and now you've thrown a general motors vehicle at me that is electric. My complete training is about 10 online tests and one class for about 6 hours where I learned to pull codes. When these cars come in which I've had a few of them pulling a code is an adventure because their scan tool is web-based only. When it doesn't work you have to try over and over to get it to sync to the vehicle and then when you get the codes sometimes you're not sure what you're looking at because again I'm not a general motors technician and general motors has a complete way of doing things and it's very difficult to figure this stuff out along with the parts catalog and service manual so say what you want about the vehicle we have an extremely hard time fixing them looking at parts and get information we need to attempt a repair. So keep that in mind when you buy this vehicle.
I really appreciate this feedback
Efficiency and charging speed looks same with Fisker Ocean
Not better car. For example 2023-2024 ID4 has Efficiency 3.4-3.5 mile/Kwh
Tesla Y - 3.8-3.9 mile/Kwh. Second can add charging speed in this cars better too.
170-200 KwH
All accurate. Remember, the measured efficiency in this video was at 70 mph. I threw out all the other efficiency data from the trip. My lifetime efficiency in the prologue is exactly 3.4 miles per kWh. The Prologue does have Apple CarPlay, adaptive cruise, one pedal driving, cup holders that actually hold normal size cups, a warranty, an existing company, and existing service centers. The lights in the back don’t come on randomly, it never rolls backwards, you don’t ever have to touch the brake pedal except to change gear or park, and it also comes standard with 2 key fobs. All the AC vents in the Prologue work, the mud flaps don’t eat themselves, and the resale value is quite a bit better, but, I respect your opinion about the Ocean. It does look cool.
@@Aslash304 I totally agree about vehicle build Quality in Honda better than Fisker.
Fisker is experimenting company.
My vision Fisker good but if price for this vehicle will 15-17k.
About Honda Prologue, we can say this GM platform. My vision they needs more work with electric motors And efficiency.
I owned 23 ID4 AWD and my efficiency 3.4-3.5mile/kwh on highway with speed
-70miles
@@RusF-tq1jythe Prologue is 12 inches longer and 6 inches wider than the ID4.
What a headache!
I wanted to share every aspect of an EV road trip so people will know what to do.
Hey Adam, appreciate your analysis. Good lease deals are going on Chevy Equinox EV so I have a 2021 Honda Accord and was planning to sell my Honda and go with the Equinox. When I reached to Honda dealer, they said they could give me the same deal on the prologue if I traded in my car and they mentioned they could give good trade-in value. I am from the California Bay Area. Is it a good deal to go with prologue over equinox or go with equinox? I am confused. Could you please let me know your thoughts?
The battery pack is the same. The range is within 20 miles. It’s really about which one you like the looks of better, and if you want Apple CarPlay, which the equinox doesn’t have. Check out my deep dive on the Prologue here to learn more about it: th-cam.com/video/v8fzyVfuw7E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Kk3teeZx3HJkU6Fg
@@Aslash304 Thanks for the response. I like the prologue but my only concern is charging. If I can ask could you please let me know how long you have been having prologue and did you had any hard time regarding charging or range? Is the range accurate? One of my friends has an equinox and he confirmed that the range is accurate.
@@KondalAlampally Range is always based on how you drive. I always get more than the EPA says because I drive slowly. My lifetime miles per kWh is 3.4.
Wow
Thanks for watching
Thanks Adam, enjoy your videos. You have a nice voice. Could you make a video with vehicle shut down and start up sequences - I'm interested in whether audio (from any sources - radio, Bluetooth, Android Audio, built in apps, etc.) starts to play automatically upon car startup, even if the audio source was turned off before shutting the car down. On some vehicles there isn't a way to actually "turn off" audio and it always plays when the car starts, even if you had it "muted" before, so I'm interested in getting details on how the Prologue performs in this aspect.
My pleasure. Will do
Wow what a cognitive load! I enjoy the gamification and 'nerd numbers' my Prius generates but sometimes you need to be able to just drive and it seems like unless you have the right lifestyle or the infrastructure gets substantially better it's going to be a hard sale. I suspect I'd feel bad for the health of my battery only fast charging it but equally want to be anywhere but staring at battery percent and being stuck near fast food for hours.
It definitely sounds like you’re not ready for an EV.
I find that Prologue Charge Later (by) timing is spot on, for those of us that don’t share with a clothes dryer.
I appreciate the feedback
I’m very interested to see how you do on the Tesla chargers since the Prologue is a GM car, but you can’t assume anything. I suppose you can’t assume even a regular GM car is going to charge smoothly. So you’ll have the issue of the short charging cable and the charge port being on the opposite side of the car from a Tesla backed in. Have any of the car companies put their charge port in the same spot as Tesla? Seems like that would be a good idea at this point.
The inlets being in the same place will definitely make a difference. A2Z EV just made an NACS extension cable. It sold out immediately.
@@Molishious here's an interesting comment about the Tesla chargers with the prologue I brought up the information on Honda techline forum asking does the Tesla charger only work with a general motors interface because general motors says if you use any other charging interface they can invalidate your battery warranty Honda wrote back to me saying check with your dealer parts service manager. So I asked her that same day when she arrived at a dealership for their meeting and she had no idea.
@@supertec2023 Interesting. That doesn’t give you much confidence, but I’d bet that it’s something GM will work out with Honda or they already have and the person you talked to was not aware of it. In any case, I’m not surprised there is confusion about it.
Do the same with a Tesla. It is so much easier with a Tesla.
People do not want EVs, they want a Tesla.
I have owned 3 Teslas. The charging is easier. That’s why there’s no need to make videos about them charging
i wonder if you could say tesla a few more times.