Honda WN7 Electric Motorcycle

[Ser Olmy]

It will take a breakthrough in battery tech for e-motorbikes to make any sense. Euro manufacturers will not survive if ICE motorbikes are banned from 2035, so I doubt it will happen as things stand.

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Europe just rolled back their 2035 ban, not sure motorcycles would have been included anyway.

e-motos make sense now for most use cases. What they have trouble with is:

1. Super-hardcore-distance riding. I can make Welly to Auckland in 10-11 hours.

2. Group rides. Though that's more an infrastructure problem. I've done a group ride, but it was only two of us.

[SaferRides]

Europe just rolled back their 2035 ban, not sure motorcycles would have been included anyway.

e-motos make sense now for most use cases. What they have trouble with is:

1. Super-hardcore-distance riding. I can make Welly to Auckland in 10-11 hours.

2. Group rides. Though that's more an infrastructure problem. I've done a group ride, but it was only two of us.

What are you riding?

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[F5 Dave]

Wow 1st electric I've seen that actually looks good.
Assume you mean 10,000km.

[Ser Olmy]

Wow 1st electric I've seen that actually looks good.
Assume you mean 10,000km.

Italians sure make beautiful bikes

Not a typo, current dash is 102527km. I got the bike with ~1300km on it in July 23.

[Ser Olmy]

What are you riding?

2022 Energica Eva Ribelle RS.

[BMWST?]

Europe just rolled back their 2035 ban, not sure motorcycles would have been included anyway.

e-motos make sense now for most use cases. What they have trouble with is:

1. Super-hardcore-distance riding. I can make Welly to Auckland in 10-11 hours.

2. Group rides. Though that's more an infrastructure problem. I've done a group ride, but it was only two of us.

not sure they have rolled back the ban. I saw a youtube video where the guy claimed they(EU) would allow 10 per cent only ICE,hybrid,plug in hybrid after 2035 Will look for some info

[SaferRides]

not sure they have rolled back the ban. I saw a youtube video where the guy claimed they(EU) would allow 10 per cent only ICE,hybrid,plug in hybrid after 2035 Will look for some info

No one seems to know WTF is going on. The outright ban is gone, but it appears ICE engines after 2035 will need to run on sustainable fuels.

My interpretation is that reality is coming, but slowly.

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[Ser Olmy]

No one seems to know WTF is going on. The outright ban is gone, but it appears ICE engines after 2035 will need to run on sustainable fuels.

My interpretation is that reality is coming, but slowly.

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The vast majority of people just want a vehicle that goes from A to B reliably and cheaply; and for most people A and B are only a few tens of km apart. EVs smash ICE at that. Even if A and B are hundreds of km apart there are EVs with 500+km ranges and 20 minute recharge times. Towing, loving the sound/gears, those are niche appeals for a minority.

I used to be for a ban but haven't been for a while. Adoption has accelerated so hard at this point it doesn't really matter if there's a ban or not. Economics has won. By 2035 so few people will be buying ICE vehicles there'll be larger emitters for the greenies and legislators to focus on.