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Honda aiming to sell 3.5M electric motorcycles per year by 2030

Green Car Congress

Honda will introduce more than 10 new electric motorcycle models by 2025, with an aim to reach annual electric motorcycle sales of 1 million units within the next five years, and 3.5 Honda has been offering the Honda e: Business Bike series models and accelerating the global launch of business-use electric motorcycles.

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Lightning Motorcycles reveals electric Bonneville Superbike with Niobium technology

Green Car Congress

Lightning Motorcycles has revealed its new electric Bonneville Superbike: Tachyon Nb. — Daniel Wright, CBMM engineer and person responsible for the development of the project. Lightning partnered with the Brazilian company CBMM, global leader in Niobium products and technology ( earlier post ), on materials for the superbike.

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Nissan Will Be UK Distributor For Silence’s SO4 Nano Microcar & E-Motorcycles

CleanTechnica EVs

Beginning this fall, Nissan will be the UK distributor for the SO4 Nano electric microcar and electric motorcycle models built by the Spanish e-mobility company Silence, which will help expand the reach of Silence and give UK drivers more options for zero-emission personal transportation. Earlier this year, we noted that.

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College Electric Motorcycle Team Keeps Setting Records

Cars That Think

In a collaboration with the team’s sponsor, Monaco-based Venturi Group , students started building and testing an entirely new electric motorcycle, the RW-5 Voxan. Record-Setting Performance The FIM assesses a motorcycle’s speed using a straight path measuring 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) long. At the 2-mile (3.2-kilometer)

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Electrification to Improve the Quality of Life of Disabled Persons

CleanTechnica EVs

Automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles displaced horses and buggies, oxen, and wagons and horses when the internal combustion engine (ICE) arrived over 100 years ago. Electric automobiles made a brief appearance early on, but battery technology was not adequate to compete with ICE vehicles. The electric motor has superior performance to.

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Closer look at Kawasaki’s new electric motorcycles, the Ninja e-1 and Z e-1

Electrek

Kawasaki’s upcoming new electric motorcycles are set to help the brand usher in the future of motorcycling. This month, we got the chance to check them out in person and take a closer look at the Kawasaki Ninja e-1 and Z e-1 models.

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PNY’s electric cargo motorcycle is actually hitting the road

Baua Electric

Last year at the EICMA Milan Milan Motorcycle Show, I stumbled across a novel-looking vehicle known as the Ponie P2. RiderDome 360-degree AI-based threat detection installed on the Ponie P2 The PNY Ponie P2 seems to straddle the line between motorcycles and scooters, offering seating of the former with utility of the latter.