Honda Prelude Returns as a Sporty Coupe, This Time with EV Power

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Honda’s CEO said the company wasn’t even thinking about this option and would instead use other performance metrics to give its new EVs interesting dynamics.

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The Prelude idea looks a lot like how you’d imagine a modern take on the coupe from the 1980s and 1990s to look.

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