- 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 can debut Honda’s next-generation, in-house EV know-how and Asimo OS software program.
Honda’s been sluggish to the electrical automobile recreation, however now it is getting severe. It’s launching a tech-heavy collaboration with Sony in 2026 after which a flagship sedan primarily based on the wild-looking 0 Sequence Saloon prototype. However the first of Honda’s next-generation EVs goes into manufacturing on the finish of this yr, and we simply bought our first glimpse of it.
On Wednesday, Honda introduced the inaugural mannequin constructed on its upcoming, in-house EV platform will probably be known as the Acura RSX. We already knew this automobile 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 known 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 picture (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 factors 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 probably 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 situated 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 achieve Supercharger entry by way of adapters this spring. It beforehand mentioned that its electrical vehicles launched beginning in 2025 can be outfitted with the Tesla-style North American Charging Customary port.)
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The Acura Efficiency EV Idea.
That one picture uptop is all we’re getting in the present day. 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 value, vary, charging occasions, battery measurement or different specs. Nonetheless, a Honda spokesperson mentioned the RSX will probably be smaller than the ZDX, Acura’s sole EV in the intervening time.
Immediately, Honda sells two EVs in America: the Acura ZDX and the Honda Prologue. Each are Normal 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 solely in-house. The RSX may also debut Honda’s new automobile working system, Asimo OS, which is able to run capabilities 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 fairly 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 probably serve Honda properly.
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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