鈴木充電單車明年初發售

Recently the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:
スズキは９日、同社初の電動バイク「ｅ―レッツ」を来年１月９日から発売すると発表した。
　家庭用１００ボルト電源で充電でき、４時間の充電で３０キロ・メートル走る。座席下に予備の電池を積むこともできる。原付き免許で運転でき、価格は３１万２９００円。予備用電池付きは３９万６９００円。年間１０００台の販売を見込む。
　電動バイクはヤマハ発動機が昨年９月に発売。ホンダも企業向けにリース販売している。
(試譯文)
Suzuki announced on the 9th that the electric motorcycle "e-rettsu", the first of their company, would be on the market starting from January 9 next year.
It could be charged with the home-use 100 volt power supply, and could run 30 km with a 4-hour charging. A spare battery could also be stacked under the seat. It was able to be operated using a motorized license and the price of the motocycle was 312,900 yen. It would be 396,900 yen with the reserve battery. Yearly sales of 1000 sets was expected.
Yamaha Motor electric motorcycle had entered the market in September last year. Honda was also doing lease-sale for companies.


It seems that the sales price is quite high.