{"id":32240,"date":"2022-09-26T09:03:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=32240"},"modified":"2022-09-26T09:03:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:03:59","slug":"acura-vp-says-nsx-likely-return-all-electric-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=32240","title":{"rendered":"Acura VP Says NSX Likely To Return With All-Electric Propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Acura NSX has always been the brand’s technological flagship, whether we’re talking about the first-generation model with an all-aluminum body, chassis and V6 engine featuring Honda’s VTEC system or the current NSX featuring a tri-motor gas-electric hybrid system.<\/p>\n

As the second-generation model has been discontinued this year with the launch of the Type S final edition limited to just 350 cars, the big question is whether Honda plans to bring back the storied nameplate for a third generation.<\/p>\n

While the automaker has not confirmed plans for a third-generation NSX, Acura Vice President and Brand Officer Jon Ikeda said he would bet on it in an interview with Nikkei Asia, <\/em>adding that\u00a0if the NSX gets the green light from Honda<\/a>, “it’s going to be electric.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

He believes that a third-generation NSX would be the perfect platform to highlight the brand’s shift from internal combustion to battery-electric propulsion.<\/p>\n

While Honda has formed a joint venture with General Motors to bring two electric vehicles to market in 2024\u2014the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX<\/a>\u2014and more affordable ones later on, the Japanese company also plans to build EVs separately from GM and its Ultium platform.<\/p>\n

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Honda electric sports cars teased; the one on the right has NSX proportions<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Honda Motor global CEO Toshihiro Mibe said the company will spend $40 billion to go fully electric by 2040, with the automaker pledging to launch 30 BEVs by the end of this decade<\/a>. Many of them will be based on Honda’s own e:Architecture BEV platform, which Ikeda believes to be ideal for the NSX.<\/p>\n

An all-electric Acura NSX would fit its role as a halo nameplate and would also indicate what the new architecture is capable of, the executive said. However, he stressed that a new NSX would be about more than just straight line acceleration, as the goal would be to demonstrate extreme levels of handling and other technological advantages.<\/p>\n

“It won\u2019t be just about straight lines,<\/em>” Ikeda noted. He believes the final decision on bringing back the NSX will likely be up to Mibe, although the CEO’s commitment to EVs seems to indicate that a new battery-powered sports car will follow.<\/p>\n

So when are we to expect the all-electric Acura NSX to arrive? Well, with the GM-based Honda Prologue entering production in 2024<\/a>, it will be a couple more years before the Japanese automaker is ready to launch its first EV based on the e:Architecture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That would be the perfect time to debut a new NSX, other Honda insiders told Nikkei Asia<\/em>. If Mibe green-lights the project, that would mean formal development of a next-generation Acura<\/a> NSX could begin within the next year or two.<\/p>\n

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