Walk around a big city like New York or Amsterdam for a long time and you are obliged to notice something: tiny four -color cargo loads leaving under the bike strips.
These batteries, often called E-Quads, are separate from electronic cargo bicycles, which tend to be oriented to households. E-Quads are larger and athletic closed loads, making them favorite by delivery companies, including Amazon and UPS, allowing them to bypass the congestion that sinks regular trucks.
Now, Honda is offering its own vehicle type, FastPort Equad.
Equad comes in two sizes built on the same basic platform, small and large. Both are smaller than the smaller mini Cooper, but can carry between 320 and 650 lbs. They have pedals and their maximum speed is limited to 12 mph (20 kmph), both requirements to keep them legal strips of bike.
To maintain Equad Trucking, Honda uses mobile package batteries. 22 -pound batteries can be replaced for a fresh package such as Gogoro or Zeno. By taking the built -in handle, drivers (or riders?) Can throw them into a Caddy right behind and under the cockpit.
Inside the cockpit, drivers have the usual bike seat, pedals and windscreen. A screen helps the driver stay on the way. Based on the number of reports in the press release, Honda really wants to be regarded as a software -determined vehicle, which says it will unlock “continuous value and improvements during the vehicle of the vehicle”, although it does not specify what they are.
US -connected Equads will be built at the Honda Performance Center in Ohio. For craftsmen working there, The Trundling Equad will be a very different mission. Previously, they were best known for assembling the hand of the second generation Acura NSX, a 500-plus horsepower capable of 191 mph.
