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IDTechEx: Sales of electric motorcycles in Europe grew 50% y-o-y in 2020

Green Car Congress

IDTechEx expects electric motorcycle sales in Europe to have grown at least 50% year-on-year in 2020, building on the momentum of recent years. Growth is also being boosted by consumer awareness and acceptance in Europe of the benefits of electric motorcycles. 2020 is an IDTechEx estimate based on Q1 - Q3 2020 data.

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Fraunhofer suggests e-scooters as application for its magnesium hydride paste hydrogen storage technology

Green Car Congress

Hydrogen is not currently an option for small vehicles such as electric scooters and motorcycles, since the pressure surge during refilling would be too great. POWERPASTE is also cheap to transport, since no costly high-pressure tanks are involved nor the use of extremely cold liquid hydrogen.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

As a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve wanted to sneak stories about two-wheeled transportation onto this website. Despite having seen them around for years, they were models I had long assumed would be marginally better than the atrocious three-wheeled motorcycles offered by Harley-Davidson.

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EV fightback! Can the 2026 Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger finally get Japan competitive against Tesla and the Chinese?

EV Central

However, demand for its hybrids remain strong, while its motorcycle division continues to perform well. We have to build up capabilities to fight with them by 2030, otherwise we’ll be beaten,” said the Honda CEO in a statement. Honda, too, isn’t in the best of health reportedly suffering a sales slump in China.

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Comment on BYD sells record 514,809 NEVs in Dec, full year 2024 sales reach 4.27 million by Up Late

CN EV Post

not going to happen unless they build plants in the US, or possibly Canada. They're replacing public transit and two wheeled vehicles (bicycles, motorcycles, scooters); forms of transit that are often as green or greener than more cars, EV or not.

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2025 Leapmotor C10 Review

Baua Electric

Leapmotor must build pretty good cars then, if Stellantis decided to throw a cool couple-of-billion at it, right? Sure, the Leapmotor is cheap for what it is, but its downsides outweigh the value it offers. Leapmotors first local model, the C10 , is certainly a promising affair on paper.

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Mazda Says Turbocharged Miata Best Left for Tuners

The Truth About Cars

While it’s not clear that turbocharging anything within the segment makes good financial sense for the companies that have to build them, a subset of fans have been demanding forced induction for years. He also has a supercharged version and one powered by a motorcycle engine. Images: Mazda; Toyota] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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