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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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Electric Car Watch #7: Honda's Poor Electric Car Vision = Doom

Plug In India

⚡: Honda's poor Electric Car vision = New Kodak Honda's Weak EV Goals Honda in April this year announced that by 2030, 40% of the Japanese carmaker's vehicles in major markets will be powered solely by electric batteries or fuel cells -- EVs and FCVs. Honda will spend a total of $46.3 Video: Electric Car Watch ?

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Two-wheeler sales and top 6 OEMs shine in April 2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The smiles are back at India Two-Wheeler Inc as the Top Six motorcycle and scooter manufacturers have reported recovery in domestic market volumes and strong double-digit year-on-year growth in April 2024. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) dispatched 481,046 units in April 2024, up 42% (April 2023: 338,290 units).

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Indian car and 2W OEMs recall 284,906 vehicles in 2023, 5.35 million since 2012 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

They involved three motorcycle OEMs (Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Suzuki Motorcycle India and Triumph Motorcycles India) and five carmakers (Maruti Suzuki India, Mercedes-Benz India, Skoda Auto Volkswagen India, Skoda India and Toyota Kirloskar Motor) who recalled 122,068 bikes and 162,838 vehicles respectively.

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Opinion: Automatic Emergency Braking Mandate is Misguided Overreach

The Truth About Cars

The same National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that is finalizing the AEB rule is also currently investigating Honda for unintended activations of AEB in Accord and CR-Vs. And even that one, the Subaru Forester, wasn't perfect when it came to avoiding hitting things -- or at least, motorcycles and large trucks.

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Honda Motocompacto Review - Wait! That Isn’t A Car!

The Truth About Cars

It’s perhaps not surprising then that Honda is the automaker stepping up to give this new market a try. After all, the company came here first as a purveyor of small, friendly motorcycles long before four-wheelers entered the chat. It will be sold at Honda and Acura dealers, as well as on a dedicated Motocompacto website , for $995.

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Tesla Model Y batteries, Aston Martin Rapide E, $1,000 EV fees: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

And readers weigh in on which classic EVs they'd like to buy. Panasonic says it won't have enough batteries to supply the Tesla Model Y. The Aston Martin Rapide E shows up for hot laps in Monaco. States consider new fees on EVs. All this and more on Green Car Reports.