Electrical scooters with fastened battery packs and detachable batteries are deliberate for India
Not that one might ever accuse Honda of being lax within the Indian market, however the Japanese large is getting critical about its product line-up for our nation. It not too long ago launched the Shine 100, its first-ever 100cc commuter, to take Hero head-on in that massively aggressive section, and has large plans for upcoming launches too.
At Shine’s launch, Honda introduced a number of brand-new fashions for India, together with a number of electrical scooters. Right here’s the total record.
Honda 350cc cruiser bike
Honda’s CB350 platform at present gives the H’ness retro bike and the CB350RS, which sports activities a restaurant racer vibe. These bikes enable Honda to tackle the Royal Enfield Traditional 350 and Hunter 350, however not the Meteor 350. That would change shortly.
Honda has said that it’ll launch its 350cc bike by Diwali this yr. Our educated guess is that this will likely be a cruiser to rival the Meteor. Count on it to sport the identical 348cc long-stroke engine as the prevailing bikes, although maybe with some tweaks. Backside-end grunt (one thing you anticipate from a cruiser) isn’t essentially a trademark of this engine, and Honda might mess around with gearing and sprockets to compensate for this.
If the upcoming bike hopes to make a dent in Meteor gross sales, it should must be priced in the identical ballpark. So you possibly can anticipate it to take a seat across the Rs 2 lakh to 2.2 lakh mark (ex-showroom). Honda says the bike will likely be right here by November, however you possibly can anticipate a launch sooner than that, across the festive season.
Two brand-new Honda electrical scooters
FY24 may even see Massive Crimson debut within the burgeoning electrical two-wheeler section, with two brand-new choices. Each will likely be electrical scooters however differ of their powertrain. The primary will sport a hard and fast battery pack, possible housed within the floorboard (as seen in patent drawings we uncovered), whereas the second will make use of a detachable battery pack. The latter will most certainly leverage the Honda Cellular Energy Pack battery, which is being step by step deployed at swapping stations throughout the nation. It’s additionally doable that Honda might leverage the huge model worth of the Activa and name both one or each of those scooters the Activa electrical or e-Activa. The not too long ago revealed e-Burgman electrical scooter from Suzuki does one thing comparable.
Introducing 125cc scooter and 160cc bike from Honda
There are extra plans for petrol-powered vehicles this yr. Additionally on the playing cards for FY24 are the introduction of 125cc scooters and 160cc bikes. The previous is more likely to share its underpinnings with the Activa 125 and could also be wearing a sporty swimsuit. That is to tackle the TVS NTorq and Suzuki Avenis. The latter is tipped to borrow its engine from the X-blade and Unicorn, although there are not any clues as to what route Honda will take with this bike. Maybe we might see an ADV-esque guise, as Honda has performed with the CB200X based mostly on the Hornet 2.0.
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