{"id":29563,"date":"2022-08-19T00:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T04:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=29563"},"modified":"2022-08-19T00:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T04:03:53","slug":"1136873_acura-zdx-first-electric-vehicle-type-s-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=29563","title":{"rendered":"Acura confirms ZDX name for brand\u2019s first electric vehicle\u2014and Type S performance version"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acura has confirmed that it will bring back a badge it\u2019s used once before for its upcoming American-built electric SUV, due in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The Acura ZDX EV is set to be the first model from the brand to follow the design direction previewed in the Precision EV Concept<\/a> the brand showed for the first time Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The ZDX badge was originally used for one of the predecessors of the \u201cSUV coupe\u201d look, offered from the 2010 through 2013 model years. That quirky niche vehicle<\/a> was essentially a low-set version of the Acura MDX SUV, with some very limited rear head room and tight seating space that limited its appeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Acura ZDX EV announcement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Acura Precision EV Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Acura Precision EV Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Precision EV Concept looked ahead to a future in which on one side, the design is inspired by a Formula 1 race car, with red lighting and a low-slung driving position, while on the other hand an autonomous-driving mode retracts the steering yoke and a calming underwater theme. Don\u2019t look for either fully autonomous driving or the retractable yoke yet in the ZDX\u2014although it\u2019s possible we might see a version of GM\u2019s Super Cruise<\/a> driver-assist system in this model.<\/p>\n

The brand confirmed upcoming Type S performance variants of the ZDX that \u201cwill continue to put the driver experience first in the electrified future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Acura Precision EV Concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAcura will remain focused on performance in the electrified era and Type S will continue to represent the pinnacle of this direction,\u201d said Emile Korkor, assistant vice president of Acura National Sales, in a release. It’s also confirmed that it will be rolling out EVs at a faster pace than its mainstream Honda counterpart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Acura ZDX is due to be built at Spring Hill, Tennessee, alongside the Cadillac Lyriq<\/a>, and it will share its Ultium battery system<\/a> and propulsion platform with related GM vehicles. Acura will offer subsequent electric models built on Honda\u2019s own global electric vehicle architecture starting in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Acura has confirmed that it will bring back a badge it\u2019s used once before for its upcoming American-built electric SUV, due in 2024.\u00a0 The Acura ZDX EV is set to be the first model from the brand to follow the design direction previewed in the Precision EV Concept the brand showed for the first time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}