Nearly a month after introducing its first hybrid electric motorcycle to the world, Kawasaki Europe unveiled the Z7 Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) at EICMA 2023. People familiar with Kawasaki’s lineup tendencies probably won’t find this surprising, since faired and unfaired versions (or Ninja and Z versions) of the same platforms tend to arrive in pairs.
The introduction of the Ninja 7 HEV brought a certain jolt of excitement to the industry. That’s partly because of its novelty, but it’s also because of the HEV’s clear appeal to riders who may have felt a little underwhelmed by the Ninja e-1 and Z e-1 pure electrics that Team Green introduced just prior.
