ROLLING INTO THE FUTURE
Kawasaki aiming to bring
happiness and joy to all
Through efforts aimed at bettering the environment including decarbonization and others, we will deliver products to meet both customers’ and society’s needs, and in doing so further strengthen the Kawasaki brand as we take on the challenge of expanding our possibilities.
Carbon Neutrality
Our goal is to make use of the combined technology of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group and our partners to achieve carbon neutrality. In reaching this goal, battery EVs are not the only available solution, as we can also incorporate hydrogen-based e-fuels and biofuels into technology we have developed for highly efficient engines and motors as another way of becoming more carbon neutral. By 2025, we will introduce more than 10 electric (battery EV and hybrid EV) motorcycles and five electric (battery EV and hybrid EV) four-wheeled vehicles. To start, two battery EV motorcycles and hybrid EV motorcycle were unveiled in 2022.
Near-Future Mobility
Right now, issues like labor shortages caused in part by an aging society and worsening working conditions are growing more pronounced across the globe; especially in highly developed countries like Japan. As a member of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group, Kawasaki Motors will boost the brand’s value by integrating the CASE (Connect, Automated Driving, Share & Service, EV) technologies currently under development with cutting-edge technology from within the Group, delivering new modes of transportation and mobility with our "Let the good times roll" philosophy adding value to each. We have already started developing an electric four-wheeled vehicle for unmanned, autonomous delivery in factory settings, in addition to an unmanned helicopter for delivery of goods.
A Safe and Secure Remotely Connected Society
We have already started taking on new challenges in the current “new normal” era that has unfolded since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has threatened people's lives and livelihoods and brought with it a decrease in human mobility, while ever-more-frequent natural disasters have made it clear that bringing about a safe, secure and remotely connected society is paramount. Kawasaki Motors, as part of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group, will work to achieve this by offering a variety of disaster response products, including off-road four-wheelers and motorcycles capable of prompt relief in disasters where rapid response is required, as we do our part to help realize a safe, secure and remotely connected society.