{"id":75479,"date":"2024-08-09T09:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T13:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75479"},"modified":"2024-08-09T09:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T13:03:51","slug":"1144081_acura-teases-concept-previewing-us-built-ev-on-its-own-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75479","title":{"rendered":"Acura teases concept previewing US-built EV on its own platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Acura teased an electric SUV concept that will debut in Monterey\u00a0next week<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The production version of the electric SUV concept will ride on Acura and Honda&#8217;s own BEV platform<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Acura will build the electric SUV in its Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Acura is due to debut <strong>an electric SUV concept<\/strong> at this month&#8217;s 2024 Monterey Car Week, and Friday it teased the upcoming EV in a photo.<\/p>\n<p>Although the teaser photo doesn&#8217;t reveal much, Acura has confirmed that the depicted vehicle is based on an <strong>in-house-developed dedicated EV platform<\/strong>, and destined to spawn a production model to be built in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Acura and its Honda parent have been slow to bring credible electric vehicles to the market, at least in the U.S., but they plan to accelerate things this decade.<\/p>\n<p>The new EV push has already started with the <strong>2024 Acura ZDX and 2024 Honda Prologue<\/strong>, though both SUVs ride on General Motors&#8217; Ultium EV platform and battery technology set and are built at GM plants.<\/p>\n<p>For their next generation of EVs, Acura and Honda <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1142042_12-things-to-know-about-next-gen-honda-evs-arriving-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plan their own platform<\/a><\/strong>, and in the U.S. production will take place at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1142859_honda-touts-ohio-ev-flexibility-could-make-hundreds-per-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revamped Marysville Auto Plant<\/a> in Ohio. The batteries will also be sourced from an Ohio plant Honda is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1137454_future-honda-evs-cells-ohio-battery-plant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">establishing with LG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The platform will feature an electric and electronic (E&amp;E) architecture that will utilize Honda\u2019s own vehicle operating system and in-vehicle software, including a new generation of user interface and digital services. The platform is flexible enough to support vehicles in various segments, though the first vehicles will be in the \u201cmid-to-large\u201d segments, Honda has confirmed. The targeted range will be 300 miles or more.<\/p>\n<p>The first Honda vehicle to ride on the platform is expected to be a member of the recently announced <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1141966_future-honda-ev-concepts-saloon-space-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0 (Zero) Series family of EVs<\/a><\/strong>. The first 0 Series EV will be a U.S.-built model starting sales in 2026, and that&#8217;s likely when the Acura SUV previewed by the concept will also arrive at showrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Monterey Car Week runs Aug. 9-18 and includes multiple car-enthusiast events like The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d&#8217;Elegance. Acura hasn&#8217;t said at which event the concept will be presented, but these showcases of luxury and performance auto enthusiasm are a great place to usher in a formative EV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acura teased an electric SUV concept that will debut in Monterey\u00a0next week The production version of the electric SUV concept will ride on Acura and Honda&#8217;s own BEV platform Acura will build the electric SUV in its Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio Acura is due to debut an electric SUV concept at this month&#8217;s 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"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-75479","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\/75479","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=75479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}