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GM Ultium-Based Acura Crossover May Be Called ADX

As GM Authority covered earlier this year, Honda is partnering up with General Motors to build a range of new electric vehicles, with the former sourcing the latter’s Ultium battery and Ultium drive motor technology in a bid to accelerate new EV development. Now, a recent trademark filing may reveal the name of a new Ultium-based Acura crossover.

Honda recently filed to trademark the term “ADX” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and although it’s currently unclear exactly what vehicle will use the ADX name, it’s possible that it will come attached to a new all-electric Acura crossover. As a reminder, Acura is Honda’s premium brand in North America.

The news that Honda was teaming up with General Motors for GM’s Ultium electric vehicle technology originally began swirling in January, with both automakers providing a trickle of official information since. Honda and General Motors announced the formation of a strategic alliance late last year, with the automakers indicating that they would “collaborate on a variety of segments in North America, intending to share common vehicle platforms, including both electrified and internal combustion propulsion systems that align with the vehicle platforms.”

At this point, it’s well-established that Honda is developing a new all-electric vehicle using GM’s proprietary Ultium technology, including the Ultium battery tech, drive motors, and BEV3 platform. What’s more, it’s possible that General Motors will build new Honda EVs at its production facilities in Mexico and Tennessee.

As revealed later in 2021, one of the first Ultium-based Honda EVs will be called Prologue, an SUV model with Honda targeting 70,000 sales annually. The rush to scale will be enabled through the use of GM’s Ultium technology, with an expected launch around 2024. Honda is also developing its own electric vehicle architecture, and intends on reaching 500,000 all-electric vehicle sales by 2030. The push to go fully electric will continue with 80 percent of Honda sales as EVs by 2035, and 100 percent of sales as EVs by 2040.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. So what part of the earth is going to be the disposal site for the millions of used up lithium batteries?

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    1. Lithium batteries are 100% recyclable. Do some research.

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    2. Agreed! I’ve read that EVs are every bit as environmentally dangerous. Another qed question is how do we produce enough energy to power all these cars? Clean coal is a joke.

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    3. Companies already exist to re-purpose and recycle batteries.

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    4. Mike, why don’t you check where your spent lead-acid battery is dumped?

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  2. They should go to the states where they are used/purchased.

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  3. No one has done it yet Tom. Not profitably anyway. Correct me if I am wrong, but please cite names and facts if you do.

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    1. Cox Automotive bought Spiers New Technology and Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. are among many engaged in recycling.

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  5. “Jaguar formed a partnership”, “Ford plans to work with Redwood Materials”, GM has a partnership with LG Chem”. Blah, Blah, Blah. I don’t know of anyone who is doing this on a large scale, nor do I know of anyone who is making a profit doing it and neither do you C8.R

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    1. Ted if you would observe there are few EV cars today so much of this in preparation for the influx of cars and batteries to come.

      Industries like this establish early to be at an advantage when the volume rises.

      There will be a number of business being created to make money from the changes that are coming.

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  6. Why is Honda developing it’s own technology when partnering with GM or another car manufacturer would save billions.
    Going a step further a full GM-Honda alliance could finally open the Japanese market to a US carmaker

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    1. Honda was behind and they just did not have the money to accelerate their program up to where it needed to be.

      By using the GM platform they will have an advance platform till they get caught up with their own. It is likely they may continue to share and buy tech if the partnership is beneficial to both.

      It was said GM would in turn receive help on small cars from Honda while helping Honda on the CUV models.

      The styling and bodies will be of Honda design but the will roll on the GM platform. Of so is rumored.

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  7. This partnership is good because for each Honda EV sold , the money comes back to the U.S. which reverses what Japan has been doing to us since the first Civics arrive here .

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  8. This isn’t the first partnership between GM and Honda. There was a period of time where the Saturn Vue was powered by the 3.5L Honda V6. That was from 2004-2007 I believe.

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    1. Also the 90s Passport.

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  9. What are the odds that GM and Honda merge as one corporation in the future. ? It might be the time to buy both stocks. ??

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