2024 Honda Prologue is new electric crossover based on GM’s Ultium platform

Honda on Monday announced that an electric crossover it is developing on a platform sourced from General Motors will be called the Prologue, and will start sales in the United States as a 2024 model. In a statement, Honda said the name was chosen to reflect that the new crossover will only be the first …

Jay Leno drives a 1957 Chevrolet Step Van with a unique story

When choosing cars for his “Jay Leno’s Garage” YouTube show, Jay Leno sometimes pulls from his own collection, or gets pitched by owners and manufacturers. Sometimes, though, he stops owners on the street, which is how this 1957 Chevrolet Step Van got on the show. The van was built by Diosely Pino, who emigrated from …

Why MPG is a dumb unit for fuel economy

Miles per gallon—mpg—is the default measure of gas mileage in the United States, but it may not be the best one, argues “Engineering Explained” host Jason Fenske. Here’s why he’d rather see a different unit of measurement for fuel economy. Fenske doesn’t have a problem with the individual units—the mile and the gallon—but says something …