On November 5 Honda showed the world its latest technological display, a new V3 engine equipped with an electric compressor. Among the most relevant data that the brand revealed we could highlight the following:
- A four -stroke V3 engine and 75 ° equipped with an electrical compressor to offer a significant torque increase in low and stocking revolutions, regardless of engine RPMs
- Recently developed for motorcycles of greater displacement
- Compact and extremely thin dimensions with enormous potential for new models
The V3 engine has already been tested in a prototype
Just 4 months after that first advance, Honda’s V3 engine is news again after the statements made by Minoru KatoDirector of the Motorcycle and Power Products Business Division of the brand, in a recent press conference related to the most relevant aspects of Honda in commercial matters. This declared the professionals present there: “We have conducted the V3 Electric Turbo prototype”as confirmed from Young Machine.
And it continues: “We see it as a new challenge in the field of internal combustion engines and our goal is to make it possible for the experience of conducting a motorcycle to be even greater and enjoy more of it. Not only does it offer great driving performance, but also achieve high environmental performance in terms of fuel savings and escape gase emissions. ”
“We will continue to develop the new generation of internal combustion engines to achieve a serial production, so they look forward to the arrival of this new generation.” But this is not all that in the round of questions Kato was asked to give some more concrete detail about how this V3 “vitaminated” engine feels to which he replied:
“I drove an electric turbo test in Kumamoto two weeks ago. It’s great. Wait eager (laughs). I cannot give them the exact displacement, but with a compact engine and a compact body, it is light, but it has electronically controlled supercharging in all ranges, so it is very powerful. It is still just a test car, but we will continue to develop it seriously to achieve our goal. ”
After these statements, an endless doubts of how the V3 engine project will face in the coming months and the brand will initially focus on its competition development to later do the same with the possible models that in the future could be equipped with This technology.
Recall that the new regulation that will be implemented in MotoGP for 2027 is probably one of the main reasons why Honda has decided to give life to its novel V3 engine.
On the other hand, from the well -known Japanese medium they wonder if the brand could end up testing this propeller in the experimental category (exp) of the next 8 hours of Suzuka. Last year, for example, Suzuki tested a GSX-R1000R that used fuel and neutral carbon materials.
