Afternoon to everyone, this is be a quick post. Some of this post has been taken from the Honda Worldwide website. Click here for more details
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. revealed the latest prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter and announced plans to begin lease sales in Japan in December 2010 to businesses and individual business owners that provide mainly delivery services.
Design of the EV-Neo
Honda developed the EV-neo, an electric scooter designed to provide the durability necessary for commercial use, envisioning a wide range of uses by businesses such as delivery services. Equipped with a lithium-ion battery and a brushless motor, EV-neo realizes excellent environmental performance with zero CO2 emissions in use. The battery is rechargeable using a household power source with attention given to the range per charge. Moreover, EV-neo provides performance equivalent to that of mass-market under-50cc gasoline engine motorcycles realizing a powerful ride even with cargo by leveraging the characteristics of a high-torque motor even at a low speed ride.
Eco-Friendly
Under the key words of “quiet and clean” Honda held the world premier exhibition of the EV-neo concept model (under the name EVE-neo) at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show in 2009 as one of Honda’s new-generation personal mobility products which will contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society while transporting people and cargo. The mass-market model of EV-neo is currently under development.
Honda will continue providing products with excellent environmental performance to more customers in order to contribute to global CO2 emission reduction efforts.
Hopefully is feedback is good enough that Canadians will be able to purchase the EV-Neo. The only problem is that this is “Canada”, where we encounter snow as high as our knees. Of course Japan and Canada are two different markets and landscape, but having the EV-Neo for commercial use seems like a good idea. Having a scooter is much cheaper than a car. In a landscape such as Canada, people tend to take public transit during the winter seasons, but tend to walk, cycle or purchase a scooter during the warmer months.
But we must ask certain questions.
Is it worth it for Canadians to purchase the EV-neo if they will be only able to use it for less than half a year?
How much cargo can this scooter carry?
There has been an increase of the use of scooters in other markets; does this mean that success will translate into the EV-neo coming to Canada?
It’s going to be interesting to see the development of the EV-neo and if it’ll make its way to Canada.
Until next time,
Remember not to text and drive!
Honda EV-Neo
Honda EV-Neo
