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Honda Motor Co ., Ltd . has signed a joint development agreement in the area of lithium-metal secondary batteries with SES Holdings Pte . Ltd ., a U . S . ( Boston ) based EV battery research and development company . SES plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ) via a specialpurpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) transaction , and through the PIPE ( private investment in public equity ) offering by the SPAC , Honda plans to acquire approximately 2 % of the shares of SES AI Corporation .
Entering its sixth season , the MotoGP eSport Championship is back for another year of expansion with the biggest series and prizes to date . Following the March 3rd to April 10th Pro Draft selection phase ( four Online Challenges in time-attack mode ), the fastest gamers will make it through to the Draft Selection , where the 12 MotoGP teams will select one official MotoGP eSport rider and one reserve rider for the 4-round Global Series - which moves the competition from online to on-site in May , with gamers competing for both the championship crown and partner prizes .
Ducati owner VAG ' s ( Volkswagen Audi Group ) Spanish subsidiary SEAT is the latest automotive brand to try its hand at PTW electrification with the launch of the ' MO ' eScooter 125 . It is powered by a 9 kW rear wheel electric motor with peak power equivalent to a 125 cc scooter , 240 Nm of torque for a stated 0- 31 mph acceleration time of 3.9 seconds , 59 mph top speed and 85-mile range from the 5.6 kWh Li-ion battery pack .
70 years of Galfer
Spanish brake systems specialist Galfer is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2022 - " seventy years of technology , innovation and passion ," says CEO Umberto Milesi . Founded by his grandfather Maffio Milesi in 1952 in Barcelona , initially Galfer manufactured the flexible brake linings that Maffio had invented years before in Italy to supply his main client , the Fiat Group , who had built the SEAT factory in Spain . This was how Galfer started , manufacturing the pads for the disc brakes on the SEAT 124 in the 50s and 60s . In the motorcycle and bicycle sectors , the activity focused on the
' Galfer is all about competition '
production of original equipment brake calipers and clutch discs for Mototrans ( Ducati ) and Motovespa - followed in the 1960s by Sanglas , among others . In the 1970s Galfer became a pioneer in the elimination of asbestos from its products , replacing it with aramid fibre blends . When the second generation of the Milesi family took over the reins of the company , a greater focus on the motorcycle and bicycle markets was implemented with the first pads for motorcycle disc brakes - made initially for the Mototrans-Ducati brand . The first Galfer motorcycle brake pads catalogue included 45 products and two different compounds - silver and gold ; this was the first time a company