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Honda to Begin Sales of Commercial Use Electric Scooter EV-neo, in December 2010

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TOKYO, Japan, April 13, 2010 - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. revealed the latest prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter and announced plans to begin lease sales in Japan in December 2010 to businesses and individual business owners who provide mainly delivery services.
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According to the Honda press release...

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"Honda developed the EV-neo, an electric scooter designed to provide the durability necessary for business use, envisioning a wide range of uses by businesses such as delivery services. Equipped with a lithium-ion battery and a brushless motor, EV-neo realizes excellent environmental performance with zero CO2 emissions in use. The battery is rechargeable using a household power source with attention given to the range per charge. Moreover, EV-neo provides performance equivalent to that of mass-market under-50cc gasoline engine motorcycles realizing a powerful ride even with cargo by leveraging the characteristics of a high-torque motor even at a low speed ride."


Honda held the world premier exhibition of the EV-neo concept model (under the name EVE-neo) at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show in 2009 as one of Honda’s new-generation personal mobility products which will contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society while transporting people and cargo. The mass-market model of EV-neo is currently under development.Thus far no international sales plans were announced for the electric scooter.

More images via Honda
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ev-neo electric scooter.jpg


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Well it's always good to see a major auto manufacturer making more EVs.  Unfortunately this looks like a rather small and underpowered scooter.  It's hard to find specs on it, but Honda lists it as having a 20 mile range on flat roads when going 20 mph.  It seems perhaps more geared toward companies looking for vehicles to make local deliveries (like beer, apparently!).
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Yeah I'm thinking it is geared toward service providers - at least for now - even the images point to that. Honda Worldwide has the following stats posted:

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The EV-neo Scooter is powered by 2.8-kw electric motor running on lithium ion battery juice. It has a range of 34 km at a speed of 34 km/h on flat road (figures vary according to weather conditions, road conditions and vehicle maintenance together with other parameters). The standard charger will recharge the battery completely in about three and a half hours and is an extremely portable and fits perfectly under the seat. There is a quick charger option that can recharge EV-neo’s battery in about 30 minutes.

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