Honda aims to contribute to accelerating electrification by resolving the challenges of widespread adoption, charging time and cruising range, through a sharing service that allows users to exchange batteries in the cities.
Subscribed users can swap their depleted batteries for freshly charged units at battery exchange stations located throughout the city.
Features
01.
Freedom from long charging times
Users can take their low battery to the nearest battery exchange station to swap for a freshly charged battery, allowing them to get back on the road without waiting for the battery to recharge.
02.
Freedom from stress of empty batteries
The ability to swap a depleted battery for a freshly charged unit at battery exchange stations spread throughout the city, at any time, frees the rider from the stress of running out of charge.
03.
Solving the cruising range problem
By enabling users to swap batteries with fresh units at their convenience, cruising range is no longer a problem.
How sharing works
STEP 1
STEP 1
Use app to search for nearby battery exchange station.
STEP 2
STEP 2
Tap with smart card to begin service.
STEP 3
STEP 3
Return depleted battery.
STEP 4
STEP 4
Take freshly charged battery.
STEP 5
STEP 5
Complete session.
Service Availability
The battery sharing service is currently being operated in the following regions. For more details, visit the local service provider’s official website.
Honda Power Pack Energy India Private Limited（HEID）
Honda Power Pack Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (HEID), a fully-owned Honda subsidiary in India established in November 2021, began a battery sharing service business in Bengaluru for electric three-wheeled cabs (rickshaws) and motorcycles.
On April 1, 2022, Honda along with ENEOS, Kawasaki Motors, Suzuki Motor Corporation and Yamaha Motor established Gachaco, Inc. to provide sharing service of standardized swappable batteries for electric motorcycles and develop the associated infrastructure, and began the service in October that year.
