Live Feeling The Electric Motor Ecosystem Of Honda Together Wahana Makmur Sejati

Urban Eco Ride with Journalist: Driving Environmentally Friendly With Honda EM1. (Photos: WMS)

JAKARTA - PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) together with its official dealer PT Wahana Makmur Sejati (WMS) in the Jakarta area until Tangerang held an ESG Mission, Engage for The Future: EV Experience.

This activity carries the theme Urban Eco Ride with Journalist: Driving Environmentally Friendly With Honda EM1 is part of an effort to sustain the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) program.

This activity was attended by a total of 20 journalists who are members of the Automotive Journalists Forum (Forwot) including the VOI team who had the opportunity to experience the Honda electric motorcycle ecosystem firsthand.

"ESG Mission, Engage for The Future: EV Experience not only invites the media to experience the Honda electric motorcycle ecosystem firsthand. We are also trying to disseminate a more environmentally friendly lifestyle to the public," said Division Head of Marketing Planning & Analyst of PT WMS Andra Friandana, in Jakarta, Saturday, June 15.

ESG Mission, Engage for The Future: EV Experience started with a city touring from PT Wahanaartha Ritelindo (WARI) Ciputat. A total of 15 units of Honda electric motorcycles, namely EM1 e: were ridden by media crews. The other five Honda motorcycles that are powered by the media crew are Stylo type.

The point of stopping the city touring was the Kyochon restaurant outlet in Kemang 88. Furthermore, city touring continues to the Wahanaartha Building in Gunung Sahari, Jakarta. The total distance traveled in this city-touring is about 30 km.

Arriving at Wahanaartha Building, the participants followed the explanation regarding product knowledge, especially the sophistication of EM1 e:. After that, the participants visited e: Shop and e: Corner in the same building area. Here, the media crew received an explanation about the sales service EM1 e:

ESG Mission, Engage for The Future: EV Experience continues with the Area Service. In this area, the participants listened to the explanation regarding the EM1 motorcycle service e: e. Finally, the participants received an explanation regarding the ERA/Honda Care service.

ESG Mission, Engage for The Future: EV Experience also exudes the spirit of Synergy for the Country with the synergy between business actors and the media.

This synergy is even more meaningful with the presence of the PT WMS Safety Riding Promotion (SRP) Team during the activity. As a result, the ESG Mission, Engage for The Future: EV Experience is an active step for Honda motorcycle stakeholders in the field of ESG through electricity motorcycle products, environment, education, driving safety, and entrepreneurs.

driving sensation EM1 e:

As mentioned above, the VOI Team also had the opportunity to participate in this activity and try out the Honda EM1 e motorcycle directly. The first pull of this motorbike is classified as instant but still smooth.

When passing through various road contours, the suspension is also relatively comfortable and the handling is mature thanks to its light weight. This electric motorbike has an empty weight of 94 kg and 96 kg on Plus type. If it is already charged, it is enough to add 10.2 kg as a weight of 1 battery. When invited to corner and move, it is quite easy.

In terms of comfort, there is no doubt that this one electric motor has been equipped with a tiny disc braking flanked by a Kaliper 1 piston in front and a tromol on the rear wheels. Even so, the Combi Brake System (CBS) has been embedded and does not miss the parking brake lock feature.

There are two driving modes offered at different speeds. VOI team's econ mode can reach 30 km/hour, while for standard mode it can reach 50 km/hour. Honda EM1 e: using a hub model electric engine or one that is integrated with rims. AHM calls it in-wheel 3 phase grossless with a maximum power claim of 2.31 PS at 540 rpm and an average power of 0.78 PS.