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Title: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: stuo on February 26, 2019, 05:00:32 AM: https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2019/02/04/first-look-2019-honda-pcx-hybrid-scooter-14-fast-facts/
Title: Re: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: Viper254 on February 26, 2019, 08:27:44 AM: Cracking idea. I can't wait to ride one :)
Title: Re: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: CROSSBOLT on February 26, 2019, 04:18:24 PM: Easily changeable battery not mentioned. Even forklits and pallet trucks have changable batteries.
Title: Re: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: john grinsel on February 26, 2019, 10:20:57 PM: This is something Honda does,, because it can. Just makes a nice 125cc scooter more complicated....more stuff to go wrong. Wonder what a replacement battery costs?
Title: not for me
Post by: boo on February 28, 2019, 02:33:16 AM: I`m fine with gas engines. If I want to ride all day, I can.
Title: Re: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: Viper254 on February 28, 2019, 08:04:47 AM: You'll all be eating your words in ten years when these have 100K on them and are still on thier first batteries
Title: Re: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: stuo on February 28, 2019, 09:03:47 PM: Yeah, the Prius has been getting rave ratings so apparently battery longevity and reliability keeps getting better. Other than electrons, there are no moving parts in a battery to wear out or need maintenance.
Title: Re: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: Viper254 on March 01, 2019, 08:03:30 AM: Quote from: stuo on February 28, 2019, 09:03:47 PM
Yeah, the Prius has been getting rave ratings so apparently battery longevity and reliability keeps getting better. Other than electrons, there are no moving parts in a battery to wear out or need maintenance.

Taxis over here are almost always Priuses, always 12/13 years old and always with 300K miles on them, so they must be doing something right!
Title: Re: new Honda hybrid scooter
Post by: stuo on March 03, 2019, 06:55:09 PM: The big advantage of a hybrid scooter is the use of an electric motor to power the wheel, which will eliminate the current weak link in our scooters: the CVT and its relatively short-life drive belt.