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[Rusty]

KTM, HONDA & YAMAHA AGREE TO CREATE UNIVERSAL BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES
On the morning of March 1st, 2021, KTM, Yamaha, Honda and Piaggio have announced that they’ve each signed a letter of intent to set up a Swappable Battery Consortium for motorcycles and light electric vehicles. What does Consortium mean? Good question. The definition of a consortium is “an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.” In this partnership, KTM, Yamaha, Honda and Piaggio are looking to develop a standardized swappable battery system that could be used across the board on KTM, Honda, Yamaha and Piaggio motorcycles.

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[Mabman]

I predict that pigs will fly before that concept takes hold in the bike industry

 

[roboticinvesting]

@Mabman Ha ha totally agree. They can't even land on a common bottom bracket standard

 

[Jimbo Vills]

“an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.”

Yes. In This Case. Monopoly of the Market and Price dictatorship

 

[Darren]

One of the greatest things about standards is there's so many to choose from.

 

[Andy.M]

Meanwhile Ducatti, Kawasaki, and Suzuki might go their own way.

Ducati and electric in the same sentence? ?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Ducati and electric in the same sentence? ?

To his credit, he actually said Ducatti - with two tt's

I can imagine an electric ducatti powered by lots of tiny capacitors which blow up as your ride along making a pleasant thump thump sound.

 

[R120]

What they could do is make a universal charging connector standard