The subsequent Acura NSX, or a automobile prefer it, will probably be powered by batteries, Shinji Aoyama, world govt vp for Acura guardian Honda, stated at this month’s 2024 Monterey Automobile Week, Motor1 reported.
Aoyama described the automobile as an “NSX-type of auto” and stated it could not obligatory be referred to as an NSX.
He additionally confirmed it could trip on a brand new Honda-developed devoted EV platform that debuts subsequent yr in an Acura SUV and in addition underpin the upcoming 0 (Zero) Collection of EVs from Honda. The Acura SUV was previewed in Monterey by the Efficiency EV idea.
Aoyama stated the electrical efficiency automobile will not use solid-state batteries however will profit from the skinny and light-weight improvement strategy Honda is taking for its devoted EV platform, The Drive reported.
Acura Electrical Imaginative and prescient Design idea
Acura and Honda EVs based mostly on the platform will probably be constructed at Honda’s sprawling manufacturing facility positioned simply outdoors Marysville, Ohio, which can be dwelling to the Acura Efficiency Manufacturing Middle that constructed the final NSX. It is possible the brand new electrical efficiency automobile confirmed by Aoyama can even be constructed on the website.
The Ohio website is being retooled to fabricate EVs and their parts, together with batteries, and is now referred to internally because the Honda EV Hub.
The information of an electrical efficiency automobile within the vein of the NSX is not an enormous shock as Acura final yr teased an idea for an EV that seemed like a future evolution of the NSX. Referred to as the Acura Electrical Imaginative and prescient Design, the idea was developed to encourage Acura’s design workers engaged on the model’s future electrical lineup.
Acura boss Jon Ikeda additionally beforehand confirmed plans for a third-generation NSX as early as 2021, when Acura rolled out the 2022 NSX Kind S to mark the top of the second-generation automobile’s run. His feedback on the time implied the subsequent NSX can be powered by one thing apart from a standalone internal-combustion powertrain like the unique automobile or a hybrid setup just like the second-generation automobile.
