Honda’s car trunk-sized Motocompo gas scooter may be going electric

Keep in mind that cute little Honda Motocompo from the Eighties? Effectively, it is perhaps coming again, however this time it will be electrical.

That’s what Honda’s newest trademark submitting regarding the scooter leads us to imagine.

For those who weren’t round within the early ’80s otherwise you’d identical to a refresher, the Motocompo was a pint-sized, gas-powered scooter designed to suit into the trunk of small Honda vehicles.

The small, sq. physique was barely the scale of a carry-on bag and featured folding handlebars that helped it take up a small portion of the automotive, thus appearing like a dinghy on a bigger boat. The idea was that drivers might get near their vacation spot by automotive after which end the final city portion of their journey on the small scooter. In all, roughly 50,000 Motocompos had been produced and offered between 1981-1983.

The thought of private electrical mobility was nonetheless years away again then, but it surely seems Honda is now revisiting the idea of their authentic trunk-sized scooter.

Honda after all hasn’t precisely been on the forefront of electrical motorbike and e-scooter developments, however appears to be playing catch-up lately.

The most recent transfer features a submitting at the US Patent and Trademark workplace for a “Motocompacto” trademark. Honda describes the Motocompacto merely but unambiguously as regarding “Land automobiles, particularly, electrical scooters.”

The trademark was filed on the finish of July, and bears a hanging resemblance to the well-known Motocompo.

Honda beforehand confirmed off an idea model of an electrical Motocompo on the Tokyo Motor Present in 2011, in keeping with Motorcycle.com. The bike featured detachable batteries and a futuristic design that also embodied the important thing ideas of the Motocompo: Particularly, that it folded up right into a small field.

When mixed with Honda’s latest patents illustrating the design of a yet-to-be-released electric Super Cub scooter, the 2 present that Honda is placing important effort into electrifying a few of their storied two-wheelers.

After all that doesn’t imply that both automobile will truly see the highway anytime quickly (or ever), but it surely’s one other good indication that Honda is at the very least making extra progress on the electrical two-wheeler entrance.

What do you consider an electrical Honda Motocompacto?

May you see your self pulling it out of the trunk and scooting across the metropolis? Tell us within the feedback beneath!

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