The 80th edition of the International Exhibition of Two-Wheelers (EICMA) welcomed around 500.000 visitors last week making Milan the world capital of the motorcycle sector with the presence of global brands, public authorities, industry organisations and, above all, passionate riders.
ACEM has actively participated this year by engaging with members and by contributing to external activities in the promotion of motorcycling. Concretely, our Board of Directors gathered to discuss the sector’s approach towards a safer, greener and digital-resilient mobility set on the EU agenda. However, the industry’s main claim is the need to create a more favourable policy framework to avoid losing competitiveness at global level especially when facing emerging countries mainly from Asia.
In parallel, our secretary general Antonio Perlot was invited to address a keynote at the Motorcycle Conference “Riding Future Technologies 8.0” organized by the engineering consultancy Ricardo. Experts from different brands discussed the challenges and trends of alternative fuels in the motorcycle industry including the implications of design and software to ensure the best performance under different environments.
The importance of motorcycles in cities was showcased in the new space dedicated to Urban Mobility. ACEM participated in the roundtable referring to our Vision2030+ that summarises efforts from the manufacturers to provide clean, efficient and affordable solutions for passenger mobility and last-mile logistics. In this sense, ACEM members continue developing innovative vehicles such as mopeds, scooters, motorcycles, tricycles and light quadricycles already present in most of the European cities, or ambitious projects such as the swappable batteries consortium for electric lightweight-category vehicles.