It is whispered that the electric Ninja would deliver a modest 27 horsepower and that both a four-speed gearbox and a regeneration mode are provided.
Several sources claim that there is a very real possibility that Kawasaki will offer its first electric road motorcycle early next year.
That would be the production-ready version of the 'EV project', the concept bike we already saw at the 2019 EICMA.
In its home country of Japan, Kawasaki showed the most recent version of the EV prototype in 2021, with the brand announcing that it plans to start producing as many as ten electric models over the next two to three years.
To show they mean business, the brand even showed a photo of test drives with the EV Project prototype.
According to the Greens, this would be a direct model for the development of the commercial model.
Although the image of the bike above is only a digital rendering, the name of the production model is already known. Welcome, Ninja E1!
Although they are tight-lipped at Kawasaki itself, we can already deduce a little more from the patent applications surrounding the EV project.
Striking is Kawasaki's choice for the four-speed gearbox mentioned in the patent, in combination with a lever on the handlebars that activates the regeneration when braking.
No superfluous luxury, according to the remaining tech specs: the range would be 'barely' 100 km, the weight would be fixed at 219 kg.
We are curious about this green electric motorcycle.