IT News Online – Honda: Agreement Reached to Standardize Swappable Batteries for Electric Motorcycles

TOKYO, Mar 29, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – The Swappable Battery Consortium for Electrical Bikes (Consortium) has reached an settlement to standardize swappable batteries and alternative techniques, permitting battery sharing and paving the way in which for elevated adoption of electrical bikes in Japan.

The Consortium was established by Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Suzuki Motor Company and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. in April 2019, aimed toward growing the adoption of electrical bikes in Japan. Since its inception, the Consortium has been formulating the requirements for mutual-use swappable batteries and their alternative techniques, as an answer to the problems stopping widespread adoption of electrical bikes as a extra environmentally pleasant and handy type of mobility – the drive vary and discount of charging time. To be able to set up the comfort and effectiveness of mutual-use swappable batteries, the Consortium has been cooperating since final 12 months with the “e-Yan OSAKA” area assessments performed by the Japan Car Producers Affiliation’s Electrical Bike Promotion Subcommittee in collaboration with Osaka Prefecture and the nationwide college company Osaka College, aimed toward popularizing and growing the adoption of environmentally-friendly electrical bikes.

Elements of the widespread specs agreed upon are compliant with the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. Group (JASO) technical paper TP21003 issued on March 19. The Consortium will conduct technical verification and standardization of mutual-use swappable batteries, primarily based on these widespread specs. With the heightening worldwide demand for the electrification of mobility to appreciate a carbon-neutral society, the Consortium will work hand in hand with the Japan Car Producers Affiliation to appreciate worldwide mutual-use (worldwide standardization).

As environmental consciousness will increase globally, the Consortium believes that cooperative consideration and promotion throughout the total motorbike trade, to construct an surroundings for widespread adoption throughout the motorbike trade, is significant to bikes persevering with to be the shoppers’ mobility of alternative, and goals to contribute to the conclusion of a carbon-neutral society.

Noriaki Abe | Consortium Consultant Secretary, and Managing Officer, Bike Operations, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
“This settlement for the standardization of mutual-use batteries is an achievement made potential by means of the 4 Japanese motorbike producers working collectively over the previous two years. I’m grateful to all these related to the Consortium and the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. for his or her understanding and assist. Whereas we’ll proceed cooperation to construct an surroundings permitting battery mutual-use primarily based on our settlement, we may even be competing with one another to develop enticing merchandise that meet the wants of our prospects. By way of our efforts in each cooperation and competitors, we’ll work in the direction of the widespread adoption of electrical bikes to appreciate a sustainable society.”

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