2023 GIIAS: Honda EM-1 electric scooter shown

Seen astatine the ongoing 2023 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) successful Jakarta is the Honda EM-1 electrical scooter. With the EM-1 making its debut successful Europe this summer, its beingness astatine GIIAS is an denotation it volition participate the Indonesia market.

This would not beryllium a large astonishment arsenic Malaysia’s ASEAN neighbour has been powerfully promoting the take-up and utilisation of electrical vehicles, notably successful the tiny motorcycle segment. The EM-1 was past twelvemonth announced arsenic portion of Honda’s program to merchandise 10 oregon much electrical two-wheelers globally by 2025.

The ‘EM’ stands for Electric Moped and styling intimately follows accepted scooter plan connection with abbreviated wheelbase and level floorboard for casual mounting and dismounting portion wearing enactment clothes. Intended arsenic a short-range municipality electrical scooter (e-bike), determination EM-1 has abbreviated question scope of 40 km from its azygous battery.

Calling it a Mobile Power Pack (MPP), the artillery is swappable with Honda showing its e:Technology artillery swapping presumption astatine the show. Other details provided connected the EM-1 see a 45 km/h maximum velocity with 3.1 hp and 90 Nm of torque coming from the hub-mounted electrical motor.

With a lithium-ion artillery battalion rated astatine 29.4 Ah, the EM-1 takes six hours to spell to a 100% complaint utilizing home existent portion a 25% to 70% complaint takes 160 minutes. Weight of the EM-1 with artillery onboard is 95 kg portion spot tallness is 775 mm.

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