Honda's premium arm is set to launch a new battery-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) this year. The 2026 Acura RSX will be the first all-electric Acura that is not based on a General Motors product.

Acura is bringing back the RSX name, but not as a performance-oriented sport compact coupe. Instead, it's an all-electric crossover based on the Acura Performance EV Concept shown at Monterey last year.

Acura will revive its RSX nameplate later this year for an electric crossover, the automaker has confirmed.

Acura will add a second electric SUV to its lineup this year, this time designed in-house, and once again recycling a name from the brand's past.

Acura has already confirmed that the new performance SUV will be the first EV built on Honda's latest proprietary electric platform, and that it will be built at the company's "EV Hub" in Ohio. Additionally, the brand announced today that the RSX will debut the new ASIMO OS system shown in two Honda 0 concepts at CES last week.

Acura has confirmed the return of the RSX, but it will not be in the form of a sports coupe. Instead, we will have an electric SUV.

Acura RSX electric SUV coupe prototype. Acura. In spring 2024, Acura launched its first battery electric model, a General Motors-built crossover that revived the ZDX nameplat

Acura has announced that its next-generation electric vehicle (EV) will revive the RSX nameplate. The all-electric RSX will be based on the Acura Performance EV Concept and represents the first model to utilize Honda's new EV platform and the proprietary ASIMO OS operating system,

The name synonymous with Acura's sporty coupe of the 2000s will now represent an all-electric SUV set to go on sale in early 2026