The fourth-gen Acura RDX will go hybrid, but that nameplate will go on a two-year hiatus before that happens. In the meantime, the RSX EV and the gas-powered ADX may have to do some heavy lifting.
Acura dealers are furious over the RDX’s temporary cancellation, despite its sales dropping 26% in 2025. At least one dealer in New York said Acura was being “stubborn” about EVs.
But Acura is already late to the EV party. In a period of EV policy whiplash, how can automakers get the timing right?
Here’s what else we’re covering today:
Lithium-iron phosphate is now the most widely deployed EV battery chemistry in the world.
Mazda’s first dedicated EV has been delayed to 2029, Japanese media reports.
Germany’s new EV subsidy program includes Chinese EVs and EREVs.
—Suvrat Kothari, Staff Writer
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