Four domestic motorcycle manufacturers and a major oil wholesaler have partnered to establish a base where batteries for electric motorcycles can be replaced, such as at gas stations.
The aim is to accelerate the spread of electric motorcycles by creating an environment where people can drive without worrying about running out of batteries.
According to the announcement, four motorcycle manufacturers Honda, Yamaha Motor, Suzuki, Kawasaki Motors and ENEOS Holdings will establish a new company in April to handle the sharing service and infrastructure development of replaceable batteries used for electric motorcycles. To do.
Last year, four motorcycle makers agreed to unify the battery standards for electric motorcycles and make them replaceable, and the new company will develop battery replacement bases centered on gas stations. ..
With a policy of starting business in Tokyo and other areas from this autumn, we hope to establish a base that can supply batteries for 200 electric motorcycles by the end of FY2022.
With the aim of accelerating the spread of electric motorcycles by creating an environment where people can drive without worrying about running out of batteries, we are considering sharing services such as storage batteries for homes in the future.
At an online briefing session, Kazunari Watanabe, who will become the president of the new company, said, "We would like to contribute to the creation of a highly convenient, clean and secure future through the construction of battery sharing infrastructure."