Honda has just ditched the only electric car it has in the US, the Prologue, after just two years on sale. 

Developed with General Motors and starting from $39,900 with a 308-mile EPA range, the car looked like a solid if unspectacular addition to the canon – much like any Honda of the last 10 years or so. 

The Prologue shared its platform with the Cadillac Lyriq, which in a sort of ‘Sliding Doors’ moment has gone on to be one of the bestselling electric cars in the US and spread abroad. 

Even as the news was first being reported by US outlets, the Prologue was being described on Honda’s US site as “the next step in our electric evolution”. 

The Japanese carmaker has developed two electric vehicles in conjunction with General Motors in recent years – the Prologue and the Acura ZDX, with Acura being Honda’s posh brand. The ZDX was taken off sale after barely 18 months in production due to low sales. 

Honda has struggled in the UK too with its electric offering – the e supermini was well received by reviewers, but its price and low range meant buyers struggled to connect. 

More recently the e:Ny1 electric SUV was quietly taken off sale at the same time as Honda’s global HQ announced that it was ditching the exciting 0 Series range of electric cars just before they were to go on sale. 

A planned joint venture between Honda and Sony has also come to nothing, despite the Afeela 1 saloon being in an advanced state of design. It relied on the platforms being developed for the 0 Series cars. 

To be fair, Honda has recently launched the Super N retro electric supermini in the UK, but it’s not the sort of car that appeals to the American market and leaves the company without an EV on sale in the US at all. 

This was the future once – Honda was banking on the 0 Series range of EVs until it stopped the project to save money