It’s safe to say that the electric car market is a bit weird right now. From vanishing incentives to manufacturers pivoting away from all-electric plans to startups facing a harsh reality, a huge shake-up means we’re going to see some casualties. The latest EV to bow out early isn’t from some fledgling company that went public via SPAC, it’s from the engineering might of two global automotive giants. The Acura ZDX electric crossover has been discontinued after the shortest production run of any Acura model ever.
In case the Acura ZDX slipped under your radar, this midsize electric luxury crossover is part of a collaboration between Honda and GM. Essentially, it’s Acura’s take on a Cadillac Lyriq, sharing a wheelbase, powertrain options, and overall architecture with the popular Cadillac crossover. It’s an expensive proposition, and the $65,850 price of admission may be partially responsible for a certain degree of model year weirdness.
See, despite it being almost October of 2025, there is no 2025 ZDX. Instead, Acura is still exhausting its supply of 2024 model year EVs, with 202 brand new units listed for sale on Cars.com. Considering you can’t just stamp VINs using a previous year, this means that some electric crossovers on Acura lots are roughly a year old. That’s not a position anyone wants to be in.
Still, even throughout a largely slow sales year, questions lingered over whether the ZDX would get another run for 2026. While penalties for exceeding federal fleet emissions standards are dead, along with California’s EV mandate, the ripple effects of that on the agreement between GM and Honda hadn’t yet been seen. Well, it looks like an answer has arrived.
Car Dealership Guy News initially reported that “Acura has discontinued production of its ZDX electric SUV effective immediately, according to an internal memo obtained by CDG News.” As soon as we heard that, we knew we had to reach out to Acura for the full story, and here’s the brand’s official response:
To better align our product portfolio with the needs of our customers and market conditions, as well as our long-term strategic goals, we can confirm the Acura ZDX has ended production.
ZDX has played a valuable role for the Acura brand, and will provide a foundation we will build on next year with the arrival of the all-electric Acura RSX, which will be produced at the EV Hub in Ohio in the second half of 2026, as well as with hybrid-electric Acura models now in development.
Acura ZDX customers will continue to receive full product support through our dealer network, including service, parts, and warranty coverage.
While the discontinuation of the ZDX after just one model year is a bit surprising, future product plans mean that Acura’s first electric crossover is getting squeezed out. Not only is the incoming RSX crossover an in-house product, it’s also slated to occupy a smaller, more popular segment than the ZDX. Assuming the few hundred remaining ZDX crossovers in inventory sell out by the end of 2025, this does mean Acura will have a time gap between EV offerings, but it seems like a gap that the brand can afford.
Eerily, the last Acura to wear the ZDX badge wasn’t exactly a hot seller either. A crossover coupe based on the MDX was always a niche proposition, so it’s understandable that the original ZDX only yielded 6,119 U.S. sales over a four-model-year run. By comparison, the electric ZDX sold considerably better, shifting 18,911 units from the start of production in 2024 through August of 2025. Still, considering the bulk of those were leftover 2024 models sold this year, maybe it’s time to retire the ZDX nameplate if you’re superstitious or anything like that.
So, if you like GM’s Super Cruise hands-free highway-focused advanced driver assistance system, electric power, and Apple CarPlay, options fulfilling those three criteria are about to get slimmer. Once the 200-ish ZDX electric crossovers still on dealer lots are gone, they’re gone.
Top graphic image: Acura
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