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--- transportation:electric_riding_scooters [2026/07/19 19:42] – [Horwin] timb
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 https://electrek.co/2024/05/31/gogoro-launches-its-battery-swapping-electric-scooters-in-colombia/
+====== Hero ======
+== Hero Just Swiped Left On Zero’s Latest Funding Round. Here’s Why ==
+Why buy the company when you can copy the homework?
+Enrico Punsalang - Jul 22, at 7:44am ET
+Judging solely from the headline above, it's clear to see that Hero MotoCorp has some pretty strong feelings about Zero Motorcycles. The Indian motorcycle giant slashed the carrying value of its investment in the California-based EV manufacturer from Rs 2.4 billion (about $29 million) to just Rs 190 million (about $2.3 million) for fiscal year 2026. That’s a 92 % markdown and a reported fair value loss of Rs 2.2 billion (about $26.7 million). Those aren’t exactly numbers you bury in the footnotes.
+But if you stop reading there, you’re missing the bigger story.
+Hero’s relationship with Zero actually goes back a few years. The company first invested in the American electric motorcycle maker in 2022 before the two formalized a technology partnership in 2023. It was a pretty sensible arrangement. Hero brought massive manufacturing scale and one of the biggest dealer networks on the planet. Zero brought nearly two decades of experience building electric motorcycles, batteries, powertrains, and software. Together, they were supposed to develop premium electric bikes under Hero’s VIDA brand, including concepts like the Project VxZ unveiled at EICMA.
+Fast forward to today, and the partnership is still alive. The investment, however, has taken a very different route.
+https://www.rideapart.com/news/802292/hero-motocorp-zero-investment-92-percent-markdown/
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 https://electrek.co/2023/11/10/honda-confirms-swappable-battery-electric-scooter-production/
+===== UC3 =====
+== Honda’s Next Global Takeover Could Start With This Basic $1,100 Electric Scooter ==
+Same world-dominating plan as the Super Cub, but with no more tiny explosions.
+Enrico Punsalang - Jul 21, at 8:01am ET
+Honda is preparing to build its UC3 electric scooter in Vietnam as early as September, moving production from Thailand to its factory in Phu Tho province. On paper, that sounds like an ordinary manufacturing reshuffle involving one electric commuter that most American riders have probably never heard of. Zoom out, though, and Honda may be testing something much bigger in Vietnam: the electric successor to its entire Super Cub strategy.
+That doesn’t necessarily mean the UC3 itself will become the next Super Cub. The UC3 is more likely the scout sent ahead to figure out where the potholes, charging stations, and consumer objections are hiding. Honda launched it in Thailand and Vietnam with a fixed lithium iron phosphate battery, a six-kilowatt motor, and a claimed range of about 76 miles. It’s roughly equivalent to a 110cc gasoline scooter, which puts it directly in urban transportation territory rather than electric weekend-toy land.
+https://www.rideapart.com/news/802123/honda-uc3-production-vietnam-super-cub-successor/