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Title: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: Alan Stewart on March 27, 2017, 09:30:58 PM
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/03/20170327-honda.html (http://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/03/20170327-honda.html)
Title: Re: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: hubert on March 27, 2017, 10:48:51 PM
Currently, the french mail service (LaPoste) uses over 25000 electric vehicles, among them e-bicycles, e-scooters and trikes with a cargo box, quads and different sizes of electric minivans. It's a pleasure to say hello to the post(wo)man passing by without noise and smoke...
Title: Re: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: Cama on March 27, 2017, 10:53:37 PM
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Japan Post and Honda will now jointly conduct demonstration testing on the use of electric vehicles for postal delivery operation and charging stations at post offices.

The two companies will also discuss how the system and capability as well as the quality of maintenance service for vehicles used for postal delivery can be secured and maintained.

Under the scheme, Japan Post will conduct demonstration testing and explore the possibility of introducing electric vehicles to be developed by Honda for postal delivery operation. Though this initiative, the two companies will strive to establish a system and capability where Japan Post can be permanently committed to postal delivery operation while continuously complying with exhaust emission regulations that will become ever more stringent into the future.

What a chance!
Title: Re: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: Alan Stewart on March 28, 2017, 01:25:26 AM
This could give Honda a guaranteed market for electric motorcycles and the justification to finally release them as products.
Title: Re: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: Richard230 on March 28, 2017, 03:54:32 AM
This could give Honda a guaranteed market for electric motorcycles and the justification to finally release them as products.

Provided you like to stop-and-go slow.   ;)
Title: Re: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: hubert on March 28, 2017, 12:55:43 PM
LOL! these are quite often purpose-built vehicles, the requirements for mail service being somewhat different from those of typical e-riders.
Title: Re: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: Electric Cowboy on March 29, 2017, 10:09:54 PM
Japanese post basically uses scooters

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Title: Re: Mail by Honda electric motorcycle in Japan
Post by: tigerbike on April 11, 2017, 10:37:07 PM
This could give Honda a guaranteed market for electric motorcycles and the justification to finally release them as products.

Provided you like to stop-and-go slow.   ;)
And what do you think is sold in all that east-asian megacities and in india? There is the market of the future for a Honda-electroscooter. And the other big japanese MFGs will follow, not to loose the market there.