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Acura Debuts Performance Electric Vision Design Concept

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While Acura recently unveiled its first production EV, the 2024 ZDX crossover , during Monterey Car Week, the model didn’t quite reach the ridiculous levels of extravagance the event is known for. & It’s not a production vehicle and may not even qualify as a prototype for some model Acura has yet to deliver. .&

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2017 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid on sale in April; 3-motor sport hybrid system

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Taking full advantage of the immediate, high-torque performance of its three powerful electric motors, along with the always-on capabilities of electric torque vectoring, the three-row MDX Sport Hybrid substantially expands dynamic performance and fuel efficiency. Sport Hybrid Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD).

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Honda CEO: Solid-state batteries may enable affordable small EV by 2030

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Yet decades on, segueing into an era of EVs, it has no battery-electric equivalent to the Civic. It might take a technology breakthrough, like solid-state battery tech, before Honda sees a small, affordable car as making sense—late in the decade. Aoyama underscored that Acura is being handled differently, though.

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Driving the EV News

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Acura, Lucid, Honda, Lincoln, and more. Acura EV SUV. Acura Precision The first EV SUV from Honda’s Acura division is set for 2024. Honda Beefing up the supply chain The Japanese company announced a joint venture with Korean battery giant LG to build a US battery factory for EVs. Honda Prologue EV.

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Honda to offer three hybrid systems; new fuel cell vehicles for US, Japan, Europe in 2015

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Improvements in motor output and battery performance, coupled with a newly developed transmission will help to extend the zero emission electric driving range. liter 4-cylinder Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine producing 137 hp (102 kW) at 6200 rpm, teamed with a 124 kW electric motor. Electric driving is supported by a 6.7

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2024 Lexus TX Hopes to Become a Better Family Hauler

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The infiniti QX80 and GMC Yukon are a little too big, while something like the Acura MDX is a little too small. liter to 362 horsepower thanks to dual electric motors offering default all-wheel drive. liter V6 gasoline engine for a very agreeable 406 horsepower and 30 mpg combined fuel economy.

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Blazer EV price cut, Dodge electric muscle, Rivian R2 and R3: The Week in Reverse

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Which major battery supplier has 9-minute-charging solid-state cells and a 20-year EV battery in its sights? The Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX, both based on GM’s Ultium battery and propulsion platform and assembled by GM, will both qualify for the full $7,500 EV tax credit , the brands confirmed this week.

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