Honda Says The Acura Rsx Will Be The First Original Ev With The Asimo Operating System

Honda announced that its first original electrical conveyance — that is, an EV built connected its ain level and not 1 based connected different automaker’s tech, for illustration nan Honda Prologue — will beryllium nan Acura RSX, owed retired successful 2026.

The Acura RSX, shown supra still successful camouflage, is based connected nan Performance conception that was introduced past year. It will beryllium nan first EV to beryllium built connected Honda’s caller conveyance level and will debut nan proprietary, in-house-developed Asimo operating strategy that was announced during CES earlier this month.

Honda’s 2 battery-electric vehicles successful nan US, nan Honda Prologue and nan Acura ZDX, are immoderate based connected General Motors’ Ultium conveyance platform. The Prologue, successful particular, has been an early occurrence for Honda, outselling its sister vehicles, nan Chevy Blazer and Equinox EVs.

But now Honda is caller to commencement moving connected its ain tech. The RSX will too beryllium nan first EV to beryllium built astatine Honda’s caller mill successful Ohio, wherever accumulation is expected to footwear disconnected successful precocious 2025. The $4.4 cardinal useful is simply a associated task betwixt Honda and LG Chem, nan Korean artillery company.

Honda is resurrecting nan RSX badge that it first utilized successful nan early 2000s arsenic its capacity brand’s type of nan Honda Integra. This follows Honda’s determination to too bring backmost nan Prelude arsenic a sporty, two-door hybrid.

“In RSX, we move to an Acura nameplate that communicates nosy to thrust performance, a awesome punishment for a sporty SUV with a coupe silhouette for our first original Acura EV,” said Lance Woelfer, VP of automobile income astatine American Honda Motor Co.

The RSX will too beryllium nan first conveyance from Honda to characteristic its in-house-developed Asimo OS. At CES, Honda said that Asimo would beryllium nan company’s first effort astatine designing a software-defined vehicle, successful which updatable package controls nan vehicle’s halfway functions. The OS was named aft Honda’s Asimo humanoid robot, which was retired successful 2018. Asimo will too underpin nan automaker’s caller Honda Zero vehicles, pinch nan first being nan Honda 0 SUV.

“So it useful retired that Acura is erstwhile again, sort of nan extremity of nan spear for electrification and our integer future,” said Jessica Fini, Honda’s adjunct VP for communications.