- We simply obtained 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 should debut Honda’s next-generation, in-house EV know-how and Asimo OS software program.
Honda’s been sluggish to the electrical car 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 obtained our first glimpse of it.
On Wednesday, Honda introduced the inaugural mannequin constructed on its upcoming, in-house EV platform shall be referred to as the Acura RSX. We already knew this car would come from Honda’s premium model, and we additionally knew it will look vaguely just like the Acura Efficiency EV Idea revealed final summer season.
Now the mannequin has a reputation, which, by the way in which, is a throwback to what Acura referred to as the fourth-generation Integra within the U.S. again within the 2000s. And now we are able to begin to collect what it’ll truly appear to be from a teaser photograph (pictured above) Honda shared depicting a camouflaged automobile.
The manufacturing RSX takes some broad cues from the idea, however loses its most exaggerated components and features 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 seems to be an air vent. The RSX has flush door handles, which doubtless come out when unlocked. The again of the automobile is outlined by a full-width mild 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 way in which 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 through adapters this spring. It beforehand stated that its electrical automobiles launched beginning in 2025 can be outfitted with the Tesla-style North American Charging Normal port.)
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The Acura Efficiency EV Idea.
That one photograph uptop is all we’re getting at this time. So we’ll have to attend to get a greater sense of what the RSX seems 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 shall be smaller than the ZDX, Acura’s sole EV for the time being.
In the present day, 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 delivery of Honda’s next-generation EVs, automobiles with platforms developed solely in-house. The RSX will even debut Honda’s new car working system, Asimo OS, which is able to run features just like the infotainment and automatic driving options whereas making automobiles deeply updatable over time.
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The Acura Efficiency EV Idea.
If the quite shocking success of the Prologue is any indication, People are hungry for EVs from the Japanese manufacturers they know and belief. So having a full EV lineup will doubtless 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 instructed reporters on Tuesday.
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