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Honda's EV OUTLIER Concept Takes a Red Dot for Its Radically Low Electric Stance

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Honda's EV OUTLIER Concept Takes a Red Dot for Its Radically Low Electric Stance — PHOTO — モトメガネ (MOTOMEGANE) / © モトメガネ (MotoMegane)↗ View original

Honda's electric two-wheeler study, the EV OUTLIER Concept, has won a 2026 Red Dot Award in the Design Concept category. In-wheel motors front and rear clear out the packaging, letting Honda drop the riding position lower than a combustion chassis allows. Honda's electric motorcycle brand film, What Is a Motorcycle? | Electric Motorcycles, picked up a second Red Dot in the Brands & Communication Design category.

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Shinji Hanoura

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In-wheel motors front and rear — that single line gets my pulse up. Push the drivetrain out into the wheels and the whole centre of the chassis empties out, which is exactly why that absurdly low riding position works at all. Forget comparing it to the old model; a combustion bike simply cannot have this skeleton. That's the part I love.