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Honda volition termination disconnected its full ICE motorcycle lineup by 2040; Switch to full-electric fleet
According to media reports, Honda Motorcycles is said to discontinue its full petrol-powered motorcycle lineup and power to an all-electric fleet by 2040.
The announcement was made during the company's 2024 Investment Strategy meetings. The institution released a connection which read, "Honda has not changed its content that EVs are the astir effectual solution successful the country of tiny mobility products specified arsenic motorcycles and automobiles, and Honda’s electrification people to marque EVs and FCEVs correspond 100% of its planetary conveyance income by 2040 remains unchanged. Honda indispensable look up to the play of EV popularization and physique a beardown EV marque and a beardown EV concern instauration from a medium- to semipermanent perspective."
It means, Honda volition beryllium phasing retired each its fashionable petrol-powered 2-wheelers, including the likes of the CRF, CBR and adjacent the Africa Twin.
Honda besides stated that it volition present Mobility Power Packs (MPP), which volition powerfulness its "small mobility products" - i.e. motorcycles. The institution besides announced a motorcycle with 4 MPPs scheduled for motorboat successful Japan successful FY2026. Ahead of that though, Honda has confirmed an electrical motorcycle with 2 MPPs, expected to motorboat aboriginal this year.
Source: RideApart
