On December 6, 2022, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM) hosted a panel discussion about the its vision for decarbonization. A wide variety of participants were involved, from ACEM president and Piaggio Group chief executive of global strategy, Michele Colaninno, to Bernard Gindroz from the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium.
Although the discussion’s stated intention was to talk about how the industry plans to address a multitude of sustainability issues as we all progress toward the year 2030, what it evolved into was a spirited debate about the comparative merits of the evolution of combustion engines (such as with so-called e-fuels and hydrogen) and electrification.
