The Japanese brand has chosen Barcelona as the first and only European city to implement the monitoring program of the new EV-neo electric scooter in Europe. The program will be implemented in collaboration with the City Council and will be launched early next month from July, at which Honda will supply a total of 18 EV-neo scooters to Barcelona City for a period of one year.
This morning we have been in the facilities of Honda Safety Institute, where we could test the EV-neo and the soon to read the test. Developed primarily for labor and delivery services such as messaging, the new Honda scooter cared for the environment with zero CO2 emissions.
Montesa Honda, the City Council and the RACC will work together to conduct research and monitoring the use of EV-neo in the city.
Attending the presentation, Yukitoshi Fujisaka, president of Montesa Honda, stressed that test the EV-neo “ in the particularities of European use is an important step in developing our activities EV . “
For its part, Francesc Narváez, councilor for Transport Barcelona City Council in office, has been very proud of the choice of Barcelona as the first and only European city to enjoy this monitoring program EV-neo: “ Barcelona is a city ??that has always demonstrated seriousness in the issue of mobility. Cities are the perfect testing labs for these tests. We are grateful to Honda for having chosen Barcelona for this monitoring program. We guarantee that we will meet the objectives. ”
Miquel Nadal, Director of the RACC Foundation, expressed his satisfaction “ for having completed a work that comes from afar.Montesa Honda has made ??a huge effort to bring electric scooter Barcelon a “. To which he added: “ Markets like these are what we need. The potential of the bike is enormous power in Barcelona. A study by the RACC on the future of electric mobility highlighted in Barcelona within a few years would have a fleet of 20,000 electric scooters. Hopefully we fall short. From RACC will work best to make this test pilot is a success . “
Barcelona was the only European city chosen by the great interest shown by the Catalan capital mobility promoting environmentally friendly, with zero CO2 emissions, as well as the high number of motorcycles, and the Catalan capital has a fleet of 290,341 motorcycles and mopeds (30% of vehicles), equivalent to 177 motorcycles per 1,000 inhabitants, one of the highest ratios of the continent.
The EV-neo electric scooter powered by a 2.8 kw electric motor and a lithium ion battery. The neo-EV has a range of 34 km to 30 km / h on level ground *. The normal charger charges the battery from zero to full charge in about 3.5 hours ** and is a portable unit that fits neatly into the cargo space under the seat of EV-neo. The fast charger fully charge the EV-neo in about 30 minutes **.
* Calculations based on predetermined conditions Honda test (results for the user may vary depending on weather, road conditions, vehicle condition and maintenance and other parameters).
** A temperature of 25 ° C
