Deer in the headlights: Honda's e:2W plans
By going slow, Honda has allowed Chinese and Indian start-ups to leap-frog ahead. As the Japanese giant wakes up, is the market evolving too fast for Honda?
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Honda's e: 2W plans
Honda controls 35-percent of the global two-wheeler market. Yet, when it comes to electric two-wheelers, the Japanese brand has been slow. Is it just them being typically Japanese, or have they been deliberately lazy?
Is Cooling Cool?
The choice between air-cooled and liquid-cooled in E2Ws is the question every engineering team faces when designing anything above the learner license category.
Where is the Innovation?
For a new technology area, the E2W world is sadly starved of innovation. That may be a controversial statement but we feel most E2W manufacturers are focused more on pretend-innovative than actually being innovative
Around the bend comes Benda
Heritage machines are never about numbers. Riders seek an emotional connection with them. So if a new brand focuses on industrial design to get eyeballs and target that emotional connection, more power to them. Also, that may be a good template for electric motorcycle manufacturers to follow.
Electric and Offroad - Part Deux
How fast can a nascent market get crowded? We see that happening already with many startups developing electric motocrossers. Agreed that this is a promising format but overcrowding always means some will sink.
Electric and Off-Road
The motocrosser/trial format is the best fit for electric powertrains. You need high torque, yet ride shorter distances and for shorter time-periods. A perfect match, but are we overdoing it?
Gogoro: Is there a Future?
With revenues from battery swapping growing while those from vehicle sales declining, Gogoro may have a problem with the wrong business model. This creates a situation where the brand is bigger than the business
You Are What the Market Makes of You
Not everyone gets treated equally, or fairly, and that is a reality. The global equity markets are rewarding the potential future than fundamentals.
Bring the SPACdown!
At one time, SPACs and listing on Nasdaq was a great eventual target that urban electric mobility companies worked towards. The tide has changed and no one seems to be doing well. In the second part of this series, we try to decipher why E2W stocks are sinking?
The Biggest E2W Listing Looms
India-based Ola Electric is coming with an IPO. We take a look at how the previously listed E2W manufacturers have done across the world. None seems to be thriving.
Breaking the ICE...
As ICE motorcycles embrace electronics, sensors, and rider-aids, it is becoming easier for new riders to handle speed. The various automatic transmissions entering the market further dumb down motorcycles. The motorcycling world may not realise but they are taking ICE closer to EVs