The subsequent Acura NSX, or a automotive prefer it, can be powered by batteries, Shinji Aoyama, world government vice chairman for Acura father or mother Honda, mentioned at this month’s 2024 Monterey Automotive Week, Motor1 reported.
Aoyama described the automotive as an “NSX-type of auto” and mentioned it might not vital be referred to as an NSX.
He additionally confirmed it could experience 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 mentioned the electrical efficiency automotive will not use solid-state batteries however will profit from the skinny and light-weight growth 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 can be constructed at Honda’s sprawling manufacturing facility positioned simply exterior Marysville, Ohio, which can be house to the Acura Efficiency Manufacturing Middle that constructed the final NSX. It is seemingly the brand new electrical efficiency automotive confirmed by Aoyama can even be constructed on the web site.
The Ohio web site 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 automotive within the vein of the NSX is not an enormous shock as Acura final yr teased an idea for an EV that appeared like a future evolution of the NSX. Known 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 tip of the second-generation automotive’s run. His feedback on the time implied the following NSX can be powered by one thing aside from a standalone internal-combustion powertrain like the unique automotive or a hybrid setup just like the second-generation automotive.