- We simply bought our first glimpse of Honda’s subsequent EV for the U.S. market, the Acura RSX.
- The RSX will enter manufacturing at Honda’s Ohio EV plant in late 2025.
- It would debut Honda’s next-generation, in-house EV expertise and Asimo OS software program.
Honda’s been sluggish to the electrical car recreation, however now it is getting critical. It’s launching a tech-heavy collaboration with Sony in 2026 after which a flagship sedan primarily based on the wild-looking 0 Collection Saloon prototype. However the first of Honda’s next-generation EVs goes into manufacturing on the finish of this 12 months, and we simply bought our first glimpse of it.
On Wednesday, Honda introduced the inaugural mannequin constructed on its upcoming, in-house EV platform can be referred to as the Acura RSX. We already knew this car would come from Honda’s premium model, and we additionally knew it could look vaguely just like the Acura Efficiency EV Idea revealed final summer time.
Now the mannequin has a reputation, which, by the best way, is a throwback to what Acura referred to as the fourth-generation Integra within the U.S. again within the 2000s. And now we will begin to collect what it’ll really seem like from a teaser photograph (pictured above) Honda shared depicting a camouflaged automotive.
The manufacturing RSX takes some broad cues from the idea, however loses its most exaggerated parts and positive aspects sensible options like aspect mirrors.
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The Acura Efficiency EV Idea.
The RSX is a coupe-style SUV with a fastback roofline and a profile that resembles the Tesla Mannequin Y and the Ford Mustang Mach-E. It sports activities a deep, angular crease within the driver-side door, which appears to be like to be an air vent. The RSX has flush door handles, which doubtless come out when unlocked. The again of the automotive is outlined by a full-width gentle bar and an upturned rear hatch lid.
Curiously, the RSX’s cost port is positioned by the entrance left fender. Different automakers have made an effort to relocate their ports to the again left—to imitate the best way Tesla does issues and to make utilizing Tesla Superchargers simpler on prospects. (On Wednesday, Honda additionally introduced that Acura and Honda EV prospects will acquire Supercharger entry by way of adapters this spring. It beforehand stated that its electrical vehicles launched beginning in 2025 can be geared up with the Tesla-style North American Charging Customary port.)
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The Acura Efficiency EV Idea.
That one photograph uptop is all we’re getting right this moment. So we’ll have to attend to get a greater sense of what the RSX appears to be like like from different angles. Acura additionally didn’t share particulars about worth, vary, charging occasions, battery dimension or different specs. Nevertheless, a Honda spokesperson stated the RSX can be smaller than the ZDX, Acura’s sole EV in the intervening time.
At this time, Honda sells two EVs in America: the Acura ZDX and the Honda Prologue. Each are Common Motors EVs beneath, utilizing that automaker’s “Ultium” battery platform. The RSX will mark the start of Honda’s next-generation EVs, vehicles with platforms developed totally in-house. The RSX may also debut Honda’s new car working system, Asimo OS, which can run features just like the infotainment and automatic driving options whereas making vehicles deeply updatable over time.
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The Acura Efficiency EV Idea.
If the relatively shocking success of the Prologue is any indication, Individuals are hungry for EVs from the Japanese manufacturers they know and belief. So having a full EV lineup will doubtless serve Honda effectively.
The Acura RSX will hit the market in early 2026, shortly after manufacturing begins on the Honda EV Hub in Ohio, a spokesperson informed reporters on Tuesday.
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