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

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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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UC Davis report urges policy actions to accelerate equitable transition to ZEVs in Global South

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Facilitating a Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles in the Global South ” examines the status of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) uptake across the world and considers how to accelerate the transition. Despite these developments, the global distribution of ZEVs remains deeply uneven, the report says.

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Hero Motocorp joins hands with Zero Motorcycles, a step to launch premium electric motorcycles

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Hero Motocorp, one of the biggest automobile companies in India, officially declared on Monday that the firm will collaborate with the US-based electric motorcycles manufacturer, Zero Motorcycles. With Zero as our partner, we look forward to accelerating the transition of electric mobility in India and across our global markets.”

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Opibus raises $7.5M to mass-produce electric buses & motorcycles

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to mass-produce electric buses & motorcycles. The funding raised by the company will be used to scale its operations in electric motorcycle and bus manufacturing in Africa. It has also been working on converting 51 seat public transport buses in Nairobi has also developed its own electric motorcycle. Opibus raises $7.5M

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Electric motorcycles breakout.

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Honda to invest $40B over 10 years in electrification and software; launching 30 EV models by 2030; > 2M units p.a.

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Additionally, Honda announced plans to launch 30 EV models globally by 2030, with a production volume of more than 2 million units annually. In the past, Honda divided its organization by products, namely motorcycle, automobile and power products. Honda notes that the key challenge in the EV era is the global procurement of batteries.

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Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

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Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ —Gabriel Collins. —Gabriel Collins.