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Honda gets Indian patent for alerting mechanism in electric motorcycle

The invention has a low voltage battery that will be placed in the rear side of the vehicle body, which can be accessed by the opening of the seat

Honda gets patent in India for alert mechanism in electric motorcycle
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T E Narasimhan Chennai
Japanese auto major Honda Motor Company has developed a device to help electric motorcycles avoid accidents by sending out a sound alert to pedestrians. The company has received a patent for the invention in India. This device can be used in electric and hybrid vehicles. 

A similar mechanism is used in electric and hybrid vehicles, which have a weaker driving sound compared with the sound of a combustion engine vehicle. The device alerts a person who fails to hear the sound of the approaching vehicle. In hybrid cars, when the driving force of the electric motor falls below a certain value

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