article thumbnail

Foton Motor and motorcycle leader Piaggio Group partner on development of light commercial vehicles; EVs to come

Green Car Congress

Foton Motor and Piaggio Group signed the agreement for a joint development project for new light-duty commercial vehicle products in Italy. In 2017, its global sales volume of commercial vehicles hit 176,800 units. Foton Gratour-T mini truck.

article thumbnail

Honda to step up its game with new electric motorcycles and EVs

Teslarati

At the same time, Honda plans to increase its annual sales of electric motorcycles to 3.5 Low-emission vehicles are also starting to influence other transportation models that use fossil fuels, like motorcycles. million electric motorcycles annually, approximately 15% of Honda’s total unit sales. million units by 2025.

article thumbnail

Ricardo forms Global Automotive Group as focus of electrified and autonomous future

Green Car Congress

The Ricardo Global Automotive Group will serve customers in four key market sectors: passenger cars and high-performance vehicles; commercial and off-highway vehicles; motorcycles, and; industrial and defence vehicles. The formation of the Global Automotive Group is an important milestone for Ricardo and its automotive customers.

Global 150
article thumbnail

2035 E-Mobility Taiwan: The platform shaping the future of mobility – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The trade show serves as a complete sourcing platform for electric vehicle and autonomous driving technologies where top-tier brands, promising startups, industry experts, influential media, and government leaders converge to foster valuable business connections, seize opportunities, and explore solutions for the future of mobility.

Taiwan 52
article thumbnail

Honda Speaks About Near Future, EV Plans

The Truth About Cars

Honda has sent us a brief on its hopes and plans for the near future. Honda claims to be launching 10 electric motorcycles globally by 2025. The ultimate goal is electric motorcycle sales of 3.5 Swappable batteries aren't the only approach -- the company is researching other power sources for electric motorcycles.

Honda 52
article thumbnail

DARPA awards Phase 2 SBIR contract for hybrid-electric motorcycle prototype

Green Car Congress

SilentHawk hybrid-electric motorcycle. Logos Technologies recently received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to continue development of the SilentHawk military motorcycle in partnership with California’s Alta Motors (formerly BRD). Click to enlarge.

article thumbnail

Blackstone Battery production capacity to increase tenfold

Green Car Congress

In addition, there are further LOIs with customers spanning marine applications, e-motorcycles, e-commercial vehicles and e-buses, which in total have a combined value of approximately €184 million. In the future, the old installation space standards—battery troughs—will be used less and less in vehicle design.

Batteries 273