Honda EM1 e: Everything You Need to Know
Honda’s sit-down electric scooter, not the Motocompacto. UK overview: £3,299 and 1.7 kW, with 41 km, 30 km, and 48 km on the same page. Japan’s catalog prints 0.58 kW continuous and a 26.1Ah pack.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
Honda’s EM1 e: is a sit-down scooter with a swappable Mobile Power Pack, not the Motocompacto. The UK 2023 line is £3,299. The Japan catalog price is ¥320,100 including tax. The pack on that catalog is 50.26 volts and 26.1 amp-hours. A Honda-cited summary elsewhere says 29.4 amp-hours. Times the volts, those are about 1,312 and 1,478 watt-hours. This crawl found no American MSRP.
The Honda EM1 e: is a sit-down electric scooter, not the Motocompacto and not a Class 1, 2, or 3 e-bike. Honda UK lists a 2023 EM1 e: at £3,299, with 1.7 kW and 90 Nm. That same overview prints 41 km in the hero, 30 km in the engine block, and 48 km in Econ under the motor block. Japan’s catalog prints an EF16M motor at 1.7 kW peak and 0.58 kW continuous, 90 Nm, a steady-speed range of 53 km at 30 km/h, and a Mobile Power Pack at 50.26 volts and 26.1 amp-hours. A Wikipedia summary, citing Honda, prints 50.3 volts and 29.4 amp-hours and a dry mass of 95 kg. This crawl did not find a US MSRP. The row on this desk’s list links here.
One peak, three ranges, two pack lines
Honda UK overview versus the Japan catalog. Peak power and the 90 Nm torque agree. Range, continuous watts, and the amp-hour line do not. The catalog also prints ¥320,100 including tax for the vehicle, then a separate price block of ¥156,200, ¥108,900, and ¥55,000 that this crawl will not assign to the pack versus the charger.
| Honda UK | Japan catalog | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £3,299 for the 2023 line | ¥320,100 including tax. Body excluding tax printed as ¥291,000. |
| Motor | 1.7 kW. 90 Nm. No continuous figure in that overview. | 1.7 kW peak at 540 rpm. 0.58 kW continuous. 90 Nm at 25 rpm. |
| Range | Hero 41 km. Engine block 30 km. Econ 48 km. | 53 km at a steady 30 km/h. |
| Pack | Removable Mobile Power Pack. Mass 10.2 kg. A battery “rated power” line says 270W. | 50.26 V / 26.1 Ah. Charge about 6 hours, with the usual conditions footnote. |
| Speed | Not printed in the overview this crawl opened. | The steady-speed test is at 30 km/h. A 45 km/h cap is the figure Wikipedia attributes to Honda, not a line in this catalog extract. |
| Seat | Not in that UK extract | 740 mm |
Fifty point two six times 26.1 is about 1,312 watt-hours. Fifty point three times 29.4 is about 1,478. Those are two printed packs, not a rounding. Two hundred seventy watts on the UK battery block is not the 1.7 kW peak and it is not the 0.58 kW continuous motor line. Leave it on the line where Honda put it. Forty-one, 30, 48, and 53 kilometers are four claims. A magazine test Wikipedia cites at 22.1 miles is a fifth, and it is not Honda’s claim. Do not average them into “about 25 miles.” The Motocompacto is the US folding toy at 15 mph on Honda’s own page. This scooter is the sit-down with a swappable pack.
The peak is 1.7 kilowatts on both sides of the ocean. The range is whatever box you are reading, and those boxes disagree.
Who it is for
Buy it if you are shopping Honda’s city scooter in a market that actually sells it, and you can live with a swappable pack and a short claim. Do not buy it in the US by confusing it with the Motocompacto. It fails the class chart because it is a scooter without bicycle pedals. The watt-hour page is the 50.26-times-26.1 check.
Questions people ask
Which kilometer claim is Honda’s?+
All of them, on different lines. Hero 41, engine-block 30, Econ 48, catalog steady-state 53. A magazine figure of 22.1 miles is someone else’s test. Do not blend five numbers into one.
What is the 270W line?+
It sits on the UK battery block, next to a 10.2 kg pack. It is not the 1.7 kW peak and it is not Japan’s 0.58 kW continuous motor rating. Leave it where Honda put it.
Are the yen figures one price?+
The catalog prints ¥320,100 including tax for the vehicle, body ¥291,000 before tax, then a side block of ¥156,200, ¥108,900, and ¥55,000. This crawl will not assign those three to the pack versus the charger.
Is the Motocompacto this scooter?+
No. That US folding product is a different page, with a 15 mph claim. The EM1 e: is the step-through with a removable Honda pack. No US tag turned up here.
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