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Honda plans to introduce 10 electric motorcycles

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Honda has announced its plans to introduce electric motorcycles to the global market. While many Americans associate Honda with their car brand, they are the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer. And in many locations worldwide, Honda motorcycles outnumber cars ten to one. million electric motorcycles by 2030.

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Airbus APWorks unveils 3D-printed electric motorcycle; 35kg total, 6kg bionic structure frame

Green Car Congress

APWorks, a 100% subsidiary of Airbus Group, has unveiled the first 3D-printed motorcycle. Dubbed the Light Rider, the motorcycle is made using APWorks’ Scalmalloy material, and weighs only 35 kg (77 lbs). The result is a motorcycle that looks more like an organic exoskeleton than a machine.

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Gogoro battery-swapping electric scooters continue international expansion

Baua Electric

Now, the battery-swapping electric scooter leader is adding another pin to the map: Nepal. Gogoro’s e-scooters are most famous for their battery-swapping architecture, with the company’s iconic green and black battery modules serving as the basis for hundreds of thousands of battery swaps each day.

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I bought Harley’s new electric motorcycle. Delivery was a hot mess, but still awesome

Baua Electric

LiveWire, the all-electric motorcycle brand spun out of Harley-Davidson, is shaping itself into a force to be reckoned with in the still-evolving electric motorcycle industry. And I got to experience all of it as the proud new owner of a shiny indigo LiveWire S2 Del Mar Launch Edition electric motorcycle.

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Yamaha Joins Global Move to Battery Swaps for E-bikes

Cars That Think

E-bikes are powered by relatively small batteries that can be wrangled by the average person who can handle a carton of milk. best known for its motorcycles and motorboats, is now looking to expand into this growing marketplace, too. And longer life means more profitability for a company offering batteries-as-a-service.

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Zero Motorcycles, Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle score highest in new Pike Research assessment of electric motorcycle and scooter manufacturers

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Pike Pulse Grid for electric motorcycles and scooters. According to a new Pike Pulse report published by Pike Research, the two electric motorcycle and scooter manufacturers who are best positioned to take advantage of upcoming shifts in the market are Zero Motorcycles and Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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Guest post: Honda Introduces the EV-Cub; two-wheel-drive electric motorcycle

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And that’s exactly what the company has been focusing on lately in the world of motorcycles. Honda has been making and selling a motorcycle called the Cub for decades. Mostly sold in emerging markets around the world as an urban commuter, the Cub is a very small motorcycle with an equally small engine.