Here is Honda’s First EV Fun Motorbike, and It’s Wonderful

After taking a while to get its bearings, Honda’s been chugging alongside nonstop in its quest to pursue its carbon neutrality objectives, throughout the corporate. While we have up to now seen extra EV vehicles from Honda than we’ve two-wheeled automobiles, Honda has nonetheless supplied little bits of data right here and there about its progress within the two-wheeled realm. 

Understandably, electrification of its workhorse and fleet two-wheelers has been a bit faster to materialize than for extra recreationally-minded motorbikes. That’s why the Benly e:, Gyro e:, and Gyro Canopy e: all swiftly made appearances, first in Japan after which in different Asian markets the place their combustion precursors already loved robust recognition. 

But ultimately, the first-ever EV motorbike in Honda’s EV Fun lineup is right here, and so they’re calling it…the WN7, for some motive. I joke, as a result of it is a considerably opaque title. But true to kind, Honda does current some reasoning for this selection, and it is that W is brief for “Be the Wind” whereas N is brief for “naked,” since it is a bare bike. 

What concerning the 7? That, Honda says, is its output class. While Honda nonetheless hasn’t launched a full spec sheet for the WN7, it has now launched a number of choose particulars, together with its estimated combustion energy equivalency. There, Honda says the WN7 has “performance [that] rivals 600cc ICE models in output [horsepower] and 1000cc ICE models in torque.” 

Again, no actual numbers have been supplied to again these claims; that is simply what Honda says up to now. It estimates vary of the WN7 at being over 130 kilometers on a single cost, or round 83 miles. It’s not clear what kind of driving was concerned in Honda’s analysis right here; if that is all metropolis driving, freeway driving, or blended driving will clearly make an enormous distinction, when you’re in any respect aware of the varied elements that may influence an EV’s vary estimates.

The Li-Ion battery contained in the WN7 might be a set unit that may’t be faraway from the bike for charging, so you will need to plug the entire thing in, as is the case with comparable large EV bikes from different producers. But notably, it would use CCS2 quick charging, which Honda says will replenish the WN7’s battery between 20 and 80 % of a full cost in simply half-hour. 

What if you wish to cost it at residence? There, Honda says it could possibly simply plug in as effectively, the place it would cost to full in simply three hours. Unsurprisingly, the WN7 comes with a 5-inch TFT sprint, just like these discovered on different present Honda combustion motorcycle fashions. It’s additionally appropriate with Honda’s RoadSync smartphone app and presents connectivity that approach, as effectively.

There are nonetheless loads of questions that Honda hasn’t answered but, together with estimated pricing and availability for the WN7, both in Europe or elsewhere. The general look of the WN7 is not unhealthy, notably with the bar-end mirrors and the very fashionable entrance headlight cluster. A tail tidy would not go amiss on this machine, however that is the case with a number of inventory machines as of late (and naturally, can also be a matter of opinion).

What do you consider the preliminary particulars on the WN7? Are you keen on its appears, or do you assume Honda ought to have carried out one thing completely different right here? Let us know within the feedback.