Honda says the Acura RSX would be the first unique EV with the Asimo working system

Honda introduced that its first unique electrical automobile — that’s, an EV constructed by itself platform and never one primarily based on one other automaker’s tech, just like the Honda Prologue — would be the Acura RSX, due out in 2026.

Honda’s two battery-electric autos within the US, the Honda Prologue and the Acura ZDX, are each primarily based on Normal Motors’ Ultium automobile platform. The Prologue, specifically, has been an early success for Honda, outselling its sister autos, the Chevy Blazer and Equinox EVs.

However now Honda is able to begin working by itself tech. The RSX may even be the primary EV to be constructed at Honda’s new factory in Ohio, the place manufacturing is anticipated to kick off in late 2025. The $4.4 billion plant is a three way partnership between Honda and LG Chem, the Korean battery firm.

Honda is resurrecting the RSX badge that it first used within the early 2000s as its efficiency model’s model of the Honda Integra. This follows Honda’s choice to additionally carry again the Prelude as a sporty, two-door hybrid.

“In RSX, we flip to an Acura nameplate that communicates enjoyable to drive efficiency, an amazing identify for a sporty SUV with a coupe silhouette for our first unique Acura EV,” mentioned Lance Woelfer, VP of vehicle gross sales at American Honda Motor Co.

The RSX may even be the primary automobile from Honda to function its in-house-developed Asimo OS. At CES, Honda mentioned that Asimo can be the corporate’s first effort at designing a software-defined automobile, by which updatable software program controls the automobile’s core capabilities. The OS was named after Honda’s Asimo humanoid robotic, which was retired in 2018. Asimo may even underpin the automaker’s new Honda Zero vehicles, with the primary being the Honda 0 SUV.

“So it really works out that Acura is as soon as once more, type of the tip of the spear for electrification and our digital future,” mentioned Jessica Fini, Honda’s assistant VP for communications.