As it pushes toward more electric cars and trucks, Honda is signaling a future electric motorcycle set to provide "a new emotional experience."

Forced induction in motorcycles is nothing new, but Honda's latest concept vehicle is going about it in a whole new way. Building on their decades-long legacy of force-fed bikes— say hi, CX650 Turbo — Honda is prototyping an electrically supercharged, V-3 engine — a powerplant designed to put down big power numbers in a compact package.

Honda has announced the development of a 75-degree V3 engine for larger-displacement motorcycles, which promises to be both compact and high-performing. Honda says this new water-cooled engine is designed to be compact and designed to deliver high torque even at lower revs thanks to the electric compressor.

It's not that I think Honda is boring, but this certainly isn't the brand's traditional safe play.