Honda launches its first electric motorcycle Ev O, up to 170 km range

Honda, one of the large automobile companies, has launched its first electric motorcycle. EV O brought to China has been designed and developed by Honda with its Chinese partner Guangzhou. It has been introduced under the Wuyang-Honda brand.

EV O has been made available in two variants. This Electric motorcycle The range of dual-battery packs of 4.1 kwh is about 120 km and 6.2 kwh variants range up to 170 km. Their prices are CNY 29,999 (about 3.57 lakh rupees) and CNY 36,999 (about 4.4 lakh rupees) respectively. Its 4.1 kwh variants are about 143 kg. It takes about 1.5 hours to fully charge. Its maximum speed is about 110 kmph. The 6.2 kwh variants of EV O are about 156 kg. It takes about 2.5 hours to fully charge. It has three riding mode – Eco, Normal and Sport.

Both variants of this electric motorcycle have the same electric motor with a peak power output of 15.3 kw. It has a single disc brake and dual-channel ABS on the front and back. EV O has a dash cam. Its 4.1 kwh variant has a front camera and a rear dash camera in 6.2 kwh variants. Both variants of this electric motorcycle have a seven -inch display, which gives access to features such as navigation, riding mode selection and music control.

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter (HMSI) launched the electric version of its large number of scooters Activa in India earlier this year. In November last year, Activa E was introduced with the QC1 electric scooter. Its price is about 1.17 lakh rupees (ex-showroom). However, the design of its electric version is completely different from the Activa with internal combustion engines. It has turn indicators on both sides with LED headlamps. Along with this, LED DRL has been given in the front of Activa Electric. There is a battery system that can be swapped under the seat of this electric scooter with two batteries of 1.5 kwh. The range of Activa Electric’s single charge is about 102 kilometers.