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One Look at the Acura RSX Prototype EV SUV Teaser and You Will Have Questions

August 8, 2025

Acura RSX Prototype EV SUV is the brand’s first electric vehicle designed, developed, and produced in-house rather than using an external platform.
It will be built at Honda’s Ohio EV Hub, alongside the current Acura Integra.
The new RSX introduces Acura’s ASIMO operating system for EVs.

First glance, and the Acura RSX Prototype EV SUV plays coy. The image hides most of the body, but those slim headlights pierce through the dark like they know something you do not.

Add the glowing badge front and center, and suddenly the quiet confidence feels deliberate.

Then the real detail lands. This will be Honda and Acura’s first electric vehicle fully created in-house, from initial design sketches to production line, without leaning on any outside platform.

That changes the conversation completely.

_{This is the next generation of electric. Acura Performance EV Concept. (Video released by Acura in 2024)}

Since January, talk of the RSX making a comeback has been building. Now the RSX Prototype EV SUV (yes, it will be an electric SUV) is here in teaser form, and its profile is strikingly low with sharp lines that make it instantly identifiable as an Acura.

The cut-out body accents and signature beak-style grille frame an illuminated emblem that practically demands a second glance. Based on Acura’s track record, what you are seeing now is very close to what will arrive in dealerships late next year, so the production version should feel familiar when it debuts.

Once this RSX makes it from the factory floor to your driveway, it will represent Acura and Honda’s first electric vehicle created entirely in-house. Production will happen in Ohio at the brand’s new EV Hub, the same facility that builds the current Acura Integra.

By contrast, the Honda Prologue and the earlier Acura ZDX relied on a General Motors-sourced platform, while the RSX is developed from the ground up by Honda and Acura, from engineering to final assembly.

The RSX will also introduce Acura’s all-new ASIMO operating system. Yes, ASIMO, once known for its humanoid robot fame, will now be running the digital brain of your SUV. According to Acura, it is designed to “provide a smoother, more intuitive user experience in EVs to come.”

That means the technology inside is getting just as much attention as the styling on the outside.

So next week (yes, next week) Monterey Car Week drops a full first look. I’ll be watching, I’ll be waiting, you should too.