The Acura RSX calls dibs on Honda’s proprietary Asimo OS

Honda has introduced that its first unique EV design, the Acura RSX, will use its proprietary Asimo working system, in response to The Verge. If those names sound familiar it’s because RSX is a Honda nameplate from the early 2000s, and Asimo was a Honda challenge to construct humanoid robots from the world, which was lastly mothballed in 2018. All the things outdated is new once more.

Asimo OS was talked about at CES 2025 alongside its 0 Collection SUV and Saloon sedan EV ideas, however the Acura RSX would be the first manufacturing car to get it. The working system makes use of know-how much like its namesake robotic to acknowledge exterior environments and perceive folks’s intentions, according to the company. It’ll additionally help within the car’s automated and superior assisted driving capabilities.

The corporate’s present EVs — the Acura ZDX and the Honda Prologue — are each primarily based on the Normal Motors Ultium platform. Manufacturing of the Acura RSX will happen in Honda’s new Fayette County, Ohio manufacturing unit. The final beams of the plant have been solely erected rather less than a 12 months in the past, and it is projected to have battery and RSX manufacturing up and operating by the tip of this 12 months. Customers ought to be capable to get their fingers on the brand new car someday in 2026.

Whereas Honda is working laborious on its EVs, its plans to merge with Nissan, introduced on the finish of final 12 months, proceed. The 2 corporations have been collaborating on making EV elements and software program since August.