Acura on Thursday unveiled a putting SUV idea that previews the following electrical car it has within the pipeline.
The brand new Efficiency EV idea was unveiled at 2024 Monterey Automobile Week at the moment underway in California, and previews a car on account of enter manufacturing in late 2025 at mum or dad firm Honda’s sprawling Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio.
The batteries will even be sourced from the positioning which is being revamped for EV manufacturing. Honda already refers back to the website because the Honda EV Hub.
Acura’s Efficiency EV idea is a fastback crossover whose putting traces will probably be toned down for manufacturing. Nonetheless, lots of the design themes will make their approach onto future Acuras, the model’s chief inventive officer, Dave Marek, mentioned in a press release.
Acura Efficiency EV idea
The idea’s expertise will even make it into extra Acuras, in addition to many Hondas and certain even fashions from the new Afeela model established between Honda and Sony. Underpinning the idea is a devoted EV platform developed in-house by Honda and focused to ship 300 or extra miles of vary as measured by the EPA.
The platform is unrelated to Common Motors’ Ultium EV platform and battery expertise, utilized by the present Acura ZDX and Honda Prologue. The platform will characteristic an electrical and digital (E&E) structure that may make the most of Honda’s personal car working system and in-vehicle software program, together with a brand new technology of person interface and digital providers, the automaker has beforehand mentioned.
The primary Honda car to journey on the platform is anticipated to be a member of the 0 Sequence household of EVs introduced in January at 2024 CES. The primary 0 Sequence EV has been confirmed by Honda to be a U.S.-built mannequin beginning gross sales in 2026, and presumably impressed by the Saloon that Honda offered when saying the 0 Sequence.
