Honda dips toes in the trace mobility of cargo delivery

If you roam large cities like New York or Amsterdam long enough, you’ll notice something.

These battery auxiliary vehicles are often referred to as electronic Quads, but are different. Cargo e-biketends to be directed towards households. The e-quads are bigger and hold sport enclosed cargo, allowing you to become a beloved person of delivery companies like Amazon and UPS, avoiding the crowds of regular box trucks.

Currently, Honda offers its own take on First Port Equad, a vehicle type.

Equad comes in two sizes built on the same basic platform. Both are smaller than the smallest Mini Cooper, but can carry between 320 and 650 pounds. There are pedals, and the top speed is limited to 12 mph (20 kph), both of which have requirements to keep the bike lane legal.

To maintain Equad Trucking, Honda uses a mobile power pack battery. A 22 pound battery can be replaced like a fresh pack Tower or Zeno. By grabbing the build-in handle, the driver (or rider?) can be dropped onto the caddy just behind and below the cockpit.

Inside the cockpit, drivers have regular bike seats, pedals and windshields. The display helps the driver stay on the route. Based on the number of mentions in the press release, Honda really hopes this will be considered a software-defined vehicle.

The US-bound Equad will be built at the Honda Performance Manufacturing Center in Ohio. For the artisans who work there, the Trundling Equad is a very different assignment. Previously, it was best known by hand Second generation Acura NSXa supercar with over 500 horsepower capable of 191 mph.