Honda Takes Over Gachaco
Gachaco has been all Honda-driven till now. It makes sense then that it is now a subsidiary of Honda with Suzuki and Yamaha also investing fresh capital.
Kawasaki
Wk 13 2025: Letter from the Editor; InsightEV Goes Premium
The Japanese-Four think Electric is just an Option. While many in the world are entirely...
Gunkan, Maki, Teramaki, Uramaki…
For all non-fans, sushis are the same - a handcrafted roll with a trinket of fish, a sliver of vegetables, short-grain rice, and seaweed. But they are not. Each has a strong character and an unmistakable identity; you remember some more than others. Clubbing them together is a cardinal sin.
The collapse of Gogoro
Gogoro plunged into a crisis due to the Taiwanese government's enquiry into its claimed local sourcing of motor controllers on the Viva model. The Founder-CEO has resigned...
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.
Electrifying Big Motorcycles
The incumbents are reluctant and everyone else is not getting anywhere with large lifestyle electric motorcycles? What makes the equation so impossible? Is it just technology challenges compounded by half-hearted efforts or are we trying to force fit things before the core technology matures?