Acura’s Electric Car Vision For Performance EVs Won’t Be Subtle
Acura, the luxury division of Honda, plans to go fully electric just like its parent company. It’s no surprise considering Honda has invested $46.3 billion to expand in the EV market. By 2040, Honda says 100% of its vehicles will be electric, as reported byReuters. We’ve already seena preview of its first electric SUVthat will be sold in North America.
The luxury and performance brand is not too far behind. Even though it’s yet to sell an EV in the U.S. just like Honda, Acura has been unveiling all-electric prototypes for the past few years. In 2015, it unveiled an electric concept car at theDetroit Auto Showand we haven’t heard about it since. However, Honda confirmed in 2021 that it’s working on two Acura electric SUVs which will be designed onGM’s Ultium platform. It also revealedtwo mysterious electric sports carsin April 2022, and we think one of them could be an all-electric NSX.
Now Acura has given us another glimpse of its upcoming electric vehicle in the near future.
It borrows its design from the previous Acura Precision Concept
Inits press release, Acura teased a photo and video of its electric concept car. Even though Acura disclosed very few details about its electric concept car, we can’t help but notice that the front design is borrowed from the previousAcura Precision Conceptit showcased in 2016. Similar to the 2016 electric concept car, its latest EV concept car comes with a “Diamond Pentagon” grille. We also don’t think it’s a coincidence that it’s named “Acura Precision EV Concept” just like the 2016 prototype.
However, it could be an electric SUV according toCar and Driver. Acura hasn’t disclosed the name of its upcoming electric vehicle, but it’s possible that it could be called “ADX” afterit filed a trademarkof that name in 2021. This means it will probably resemblethe Acura RDXorMDX— although we have to wait until the Monterey Car Week on 18th August when we have the full exterior body photos. But we can bet it will be built on GM’s Ultium architecture just like the Honda Prologue.
