During the Bharat Mobility Global Expo in New Delhi, suzuki introduced its first battery-powered electric motorcycle, the scooter Suzuki e-Address. By the way, we have already talked to you at length about this mount that will arrive, as we never tire of telling you, as the first e-scooter from the Japanese firm. During the Indian event, a representative of the company’s British division hinted that this model could be available in Europe towards the end of 2025. Good news, yes sir.
The EV urban scooter, which will finally arrive with the name e-Address to our country, to match the name of the Address that already exists in our market, was announced as e-Access at the fair. In addition, a 124 cc combustion version and a Gixxer SF250 249 cc that will go on sale in India starting this month.
What do we know about the Suzuki e-Address?
The president of suzuki, Toshihiro Suzukideclared during the fair: “Suzuki will introduce various models of BEV (battery electric vehicles) to achieve a carbon-neutral society. In addition to electric vehicles, we offer a variety of other options, including synthetic fuels, hydrogen engines and biofuels. It is obvious, our objective is to satisfy the expectations of society and customers”.
Although they are already a little late, in January 2023, suzuki confirmed that its first electric model would arrive in 2024 and, in addition, they committed to manufacturing eight electric vehicles by 2030. In fact, they have also discussed at length an innovative, multi-track approach to achieving carbon neutrality.
Of course, last year they committed to investing 15 billion euros in R&D across all operations, in addition to another 18 billion in capital expenditures by 2030. As a matter of fact, the brand states that 4 billion of that amount They will be used for battery-related investments.
Jack TyrrellSuzuki’s UK marketing director, stated: “While we believe a multi-pronged approach is required to achieve net zero across the entire motorcycling spectrum, there is no doubt that battery electric vehicles are an excellent solution for small-capacity personal mobility. While this recent announcement is only for the Indian market, we hope to announce details of a version of e-Address for launch in the European market later this year”.
Designed to appeal to drivers with all levels of experience, the e-Address It arrives with a claimed seat height of just 765mm and a curb weight of 122kg. It also declares 5.5 hp of power and 15 Nm of torque. Logically, it is powered by a fixed lithium iron phosphate battery, which will charge from 0 to 100% in 6.7 hours and a range of 90 km.
suzuki has communicated that the battery design has been chosen in this format, fixed, to achieve extra storage under the seat, which now has 17 liters of space.
Other technologies include a color TFT dial with smartphone connectivity, plus keyless ignition, regenerative braking, reversing and a system to prevent overcharging when plugged in.
