Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium Is Now Up To 21 Members

It’s September, 2022—which means that it’s now been a year since Honda, KTM, Piaggio, and Yamaha first came together to begin work on their swappable battery consortium for future electric two-wheelers. Over the intervening months, they’ve occasionally informed us of forward progress. Most recently, a new battery-as-a-service provider called Swobbee joined the effort.  On September 15, 2022, the SBMC issued an update, and the first important thing to note is how much the consortium has grown. A total of 21 different firms are now members, and all of them met at KTM headquarters in Mattighofen, Austria in July, 2022 in order to discuss where they were coming from, as well as where they intend to go from here.  While the consortium remains open to additional members, so far, the membership includes: AVL, Ciklo, Fivebikes, Forsee Power, Hioki, Honda, Hyba, JAMA (Japan…

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