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Japan Post and Honda to collaborate on using electric motorcycles for postal deliveries

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and Honda Motor Co. began discussions and signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the development and use of electric motorcycles for postal deliveries; these will serve as an alternative to the current gasoline-powered delivery motorcycles. Japan Post Co.,

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Feature: The 3 Types of Mechanics

Clean Fleet Report

The Motorcycle Mechanic. Motorcycle mechanics work on motorcycles, repair and maintain motorcycles, doing oil changes, changing fluids, replacing parts and minor maintenance. The majority of motorcycle technicians work at dealerships and repair shops. A mechanic’s training is hands-on.

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Ceat plans Rs 1,000 crore capex in FY25 for capacity expansion | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

This will include Rs 750 crore as the growth capex and Rs 250 crore as the maintenance capex. Ceat’s plant in Chennai manufactures passenger vehicle (PV) tyres, motorcycle tyres and truck and bus tyres. Ceat has earmarked a capex of Rs 1,000 crore for capacity expansion in FY25, a top company official said.

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

Green Car Congress

Electric motorcycles breakout. Sales of e-motorcycles have been increasing, but the market remains a tiny fraction of the e-bicycle and e-scooter market (5.2 million e-bicycles and e-scooters compared to about 30,000 e-motorcycles were estimated to have been sold in 2013 outside of China), Navigant says.

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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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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test

Clean Fleet Report

Gasoline fueled vehicles require tune-ups, oil, transmission servicing and other typical maintenance and costs. In 1966, Honda’s marketing slogan for its motorcycles was: “You meet the nicest people on a Honda.” All knew, before beginning their journey, that charging was not as fast as filling a tank with gasoline.

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Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

Plug In India

They want to have more data about maintenance costs and resale values before they take the plunge. ETryst Electric Motorcycle The high point of the visit was testing out their motorcycle - the ETryst. It is a Honda Unicorn look-alike. This is more an industry than a company specific problem. And banks are conservative.