--- title: "Honda Already Built Electric Sports Cars. It Just Doesn’t Know If You Want Them" date: "2025-11-07" modified: "2025-11-07" authors: - name: "Joel Feder" job_title: "Director of Content and Product" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/joel-feder" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/honda-already-built-electric-sports-cars-it-just-doesnt-know-if-you-want-them" categories: - "Honda News" - "News" - "News by Brand" --- # Honda Already Built Electric Sports Cars. It Just Doesn’t Know If You Want Them ![Honda EV sports car teasers]() Honda's developed product for future enthusiasts, but when it will see the light of day is anyone's guess. In Tokyo, last week Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe told journalists the automaker's already made electric sports car prototypes. Why? "For Honda, sports type cars together with racing activities is very important domain of activities." "But given this slowing down environment of the electrification in the market, it is kind of hard to decide when we would make them available to the market with this EV sports car kind of thing," Mibe said. The automaker hasn't decided on a timeline to launch electric sports cars with Mibe simply noting "sometime in the future." ![Acura Electric Vision teaser]() Back in 2023 [Acura teased an electric supercar ]()hinting at the time the NSX name could return on an EV. This was a year after a report [claimed the next-generation NSX would go electric]() and after Acura Vice President and Brand Officer Jon Ikeda [told *The Drive*]() about a potential electric NSX at Monterey Car Week: "If you notice, we make an NSX when there's something we want to say. The first-ten was gas. Second-gen was a hybrid. There's gonna be another one." Honda's continued to [tease electric sports car concepts](), though nothing has fully come to fruition, yet. Enthusiasts that lament the idea of an electric sports car can take solace in knowing Honda's already [testing a manual transmission for EVs.]() Mibe acknowledged the market realities today. While Honda "will consider" an EV that [costs less than $30,000](), Mibe noted that the Trump administration's policies have probably moved EV market growth in the U.S. back five years into the future. With the current market trends shifting Honda will work to rapidly [expand its hybrid lineup]() and prepare to launch its [next-gen hybrid models](). *Honda provided The Drive with travel, accommodations, and access to engineers for the purpose of writing this story.* ## Author Overseeing what you see, read, touch, hear, and interact with from the vast lakes of Minnesota, Joel Feder shapes how The Drive looks and operates as the head of content and product initiatives. On a daily basis, Joel leads the newsroom and editorial staff playing point on both short-term coverage and long-term strategic plans. His mission is to help ensure The Drive shapes the future of automotive media by helping the team execute original reporting, breaking news, and exclusive opportunities. Regarded as an industry insider and recognized by colleagues, fellow journalists, and manufacturers as a point-person and leader in the industry, Joel owns and runs the largest automotive professionals group on Facebook in an effort to serve and help others. Joel serves as a juror for the World Car Awards. In addition, he is the board chair and chair of the governance and nominating committee for Move Forward MN, a local non-profit that helps at-risk youth with barrier-free mental health and housing services. While you’re reading this he’s either on his computer or iPhone chasing the latest news or drafting a story. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]() [Bluesky]() [Email]()