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  • Banyak negara di seluruh dunia sedang dalam usaha untuk menghentikan pengeluaran kenderaan janaan petrol dan diesel menjelang tahun 2040.
  • India, bersama dengan Norway mendahului usaha ini dengan sasaran untuk mencapai matlamat ini pada tahun 2025.
  • Malaysia menyasarkan pengelektrikan berperingkat menjelang 2030.

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  • Many countries in the world seek to stop producing petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, latest

  • India, along with Norway take the charge to achieve by 2025

  • Malaysia targets phased electrification by 2030

Two months ago, the world’s automotive industry was rocked by the news of the UK government seeking to ban new petrol and diesel vehicles beginning 2040.

France, and cities such Madrid, Mexico City and Athens have also announced the same, while Scotland seeks to phase out internal combustion engines on their roads by 2032. Norway will transition to fully electric by 2025. China, the world’s largest auto producer (30 percent of the world’s cars), is considering a similar move.

Charging stations in Oslo, Norway

But it is India’s manufacturers – Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, TVS Motor, Mahindra Two Wheelers, Yamaha, and Bajaj Auto –  who are pushing hard to introduce mainstreams electric motorcycles by 2018, ahead of the country’s ambitious 2030 deadline.

Hero Photon

India is currently the largest market for motorcycles, with 17 million sold in 2016. Electric motorcycles (including scooters) however, only sold 4,500,00 in the past eight years.

The biggest hurdle for electric motorcycles is the very thing that gives it mobility – the battery. Lead acid batteries are widely available and inexpensive but they have shorter lifespans and take longer to charge, as opposed to lithium-ion batteries. However, li-ion batteries are expensive.

“It will take some time for electric cars to be sold en masse,” said Sohinder Gill, Director of Society of Electric Vehicles. “With cost of li-ion batteries coming down, performance has improved and more manufacturers have started work in the segment, which will give more choices to the consumer.”

Battery packs in a Brammo

Other than the cost, driven up the price of li-ion batteries, consumers will also face the lack of public charging stations. As such, TVS Motor will offer both hybrid and fully electric options.

Honda and Yamaha have been selling electric motorcycles outside of India, and are seeking to lower costs and ensure adequate infrastructure to support. Honda has been investing in electric vehicles for the last two decades.

Honda RC-E

How about us Malaysia?

Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili said in April that Malaysia is moving towards becoming the marketing hub for electric vehicles. The ministry targets electrifying 100,000 cars, 100 motorcycles, 2,000 buses and the installation of 125,000 charging stations by 2030.

Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili

That means our nation’s vehicles will not be fully electric by 2030, if everything goes to plan. Implementation will most likely begin in urban and built-up areas.

Typical charging station in a shopping mall parking

In the meantime, Treelektrik is marketing the T-90 electric scooter in Malaysia. Buyers can choose between lead-acid or lithium-ion battery. Click here for more details on the Treelektrik and other fuel efficient motorcycles.

Treelektrik T-90

The future of motorcycles and the motorcycling industry are slowly getting closer to a turning point which will lead to the next big thing in the two-wheeled universe.

From hybrid motorcycles to fully electric-powered bikes, the options of innovations are endless for motorcycle manufacturers.

The same can be said to the development of riding gears to ensure higher levels of safety and performance using the latest technologies.

As we head into the future, there are many folks out there whose trying their level best to embrace the inevitable and develop things that are truly extraordinary in many aspects of our lives. From the way we eat to how we travel, the future is all about improving our quality of living. (more…)

 

  • Persoalan mengenai sama ada motosikal pacuan semua roda benar-benar wujud atau pun palsu masih menjadi tanda tanya buat kebanyakan kita namun bagi sesetengah pengeluar, mereka telah pun memfailkan paten bagi motosikal hibrid versi mereka sendiri.
  • Pengeluar seperti Suzuki telah pun memfailkan paten bagi sebuah skuter maxi hibrid pacuan dua roda sementara BMW R 1200 GS ‘xDrive Hybrid’ kekal sebagai tanda tanya.
  • Walaupun ada yang mengatakan motosikal BMW hanyalah satu usikan ‘April Fool’ BMW yang dirancang untuk tahun ini, ada juga yang merasakan ianya bukan hanya sekadar satu gurauan.

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The question on whether all-wheel drive motorcycles are real or fake remains a mystery to most of us but some manufacturers have already filed patents for their version of the hybrid motorcycles.

Manufacturers like Suzuki have already filed patents for a two-wheel drive hybrid maxi-scooter whereas the BMW R 1200 GS ‘xDrive Hybrid’ still remains a big question mark.

While some say that the BMW bike is just a well-planned prank for this year’s April Fool’s joke, some think that it’s more than just a joke.

The question on this particular mystery still remains. Is there any manufacturer out there planning to produce an all-wheel drive motorcycles anytime soon? The reason why this question came to be dated back a few years ago but the last month, BMW Motorrad actually announced they are indeed planning for an AWD BMW R 1200 GS with the ‘xDrive Hybrid’ system. (more…)

 

  • Menurut laporan oleh MCN, sebuah KTM Duke janaan-elektrik sedang dalam usaha pembangunan oleh pengeluar Austria itu.
  • Gambar intipan telah tersebar di atas talian dengan jelas menunjukkan sebuah KTM 390 Duke dengan apa yang kelihatan seperti sebuah kotak berbentuk petak dalam casisnya yang berkemungkinan adalah perumah unit bateri.
  • KTM telah pun terlibat dalam pengeluaran ‘dirt bike‘ elektrik untuk suatu masa sekarang dengan rangkaian E-Ride seperti Freeride E-SX, E-SM, dan E-XC.

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According to a report by MCN, there’s an electric-powered KTM Duke currently in the works by the Austrian manufacturer.

Spy shots circulating online clearly show a KTM 390 Duke with what looks like a square box in the chassis that’s most likely housing the battery unit.

KTM has been involved in production electric dirt bikes for some time now with the E-Ride range that includes the Freeride E-SX, E-SM and E-XC.

Image credit: MCN

It looks like the Austrian motorcycling giant is putting in the works for an electric-powered KTM Duke. According to a report made by MCN, they have managed to gather a few spy shots (courtesy of BMH Images) of the weird-looking 390 Duke being tested in with what looks light a big metal box housing the battery in the frame. (more…)

  • Essence Motorcycles from Lyon, France has developed an electric motorcycle called the “E-Raw”

  • 167kg, 107hp and 180Nm of torque

  • 30 minutes of charge allows 185km of travel

A small yet exclusive French-based manufacturer called Essence Motorcycles has created the radical ‘E-Raw’ electric motorcycle. What’s so interesting about it? For one thing, Essence Motorcycles is only going to produce ten of these babies and each of them will cost about 55,000 Euros (around RM250,000). Crazy, right? But is it, though? (more…)

  • The Porsche 618 Electric Motorcycle Concept is the brainchild of Miguel Angel Bahri as part of his “Two Wheels Project”

  • Inspired by the Porsche 911 Turbo, 918 and 919 supercars

Ever wondered how a motorcycle would look like if sports car manufacturers get involved? What would happen if companies like Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini and others plan to get into the two wheel industry? According to a Spanish designer Miguel Angel Bahri, his latest design dubbed the “Porsche 618 Electric Motorcycle Concept” is how a motorcycle would look like if Porsche decides to dwell into the future of electric motorcycles. (more…)

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