Honda India to roll out first electric scooter in March 2024
Mint Mumbai|March 30, 2023
Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India Pvt. Ltd, the maker of the largest selling scooter Activa, will be launching its first e-scooter in March 2024 and follow it up with another product, that will have its battery-swapping pack, Honda Power Pack-e, the company's outgoing president for India Atsushi Ogata said.
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Honda India to roll out first electric scooter in March 2024

The fixed-battery product will be built on its existing internal combustion engine platform, he added.

The announcement comes at a time homegrown electric twowheeler startups are witnessing significant growth. EVs have an over 5% share in India's twowheeler market. TVS Motor Co., Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto have already launched their electric scooters, but only TVS has achieved significant scale.

Honda is building its battery swapping business despite the uncertainties over the lack of a swapping policy, and aims to take a city-by-city approach to set up 6,000 battery exchangers (swap station) to power both two and three-wheelers, including those developed by its partner original equipment manufacturers. The swap stations will be set up at dealership touchpoints, or e-workshops, as well as near metro stations and fuel stations.

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