Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Electrical Bikes and Bicycle
Electrical Bikes and Bicycle
BY
Bharath kumar s
It is designed by ERIK F.BUELL
Born on 2 Apirl ,1950
Former Chairman and Chief Technical
Officer of the Buell Motorcycle Company
Buell is also the founder of Erik Buell Racing
Francois-Xavier terry
Head of new york-based vanguard motorcycle
Frederic vasseur
Founder of spark racing tecnology
Erik buell designed that two products with an
electric motorcycle called Flow
Another electric bicycle called Fluid
Both these bicycle will be launched first in
US,sometimes later in 2019
It has the Hub-mounted electric motor
The wheel hub motor is an electric motor that is
incorporated into the hub of a wheel and drives
it directly
And it has Side mounted rear shock
They create a single-sided suspension system
The shock was mounted to one side of
bike,rather than in centre
The driveshaft ran down the inside of the
single-sided swingarm and into the rear drive.
The flow will available in two variants one
with 11kw (around 15bhp) and other with 35
kw (around 47bhp) on tap.
The former has an output comparable to 150-
200cc while the latter can range between 350-
400cc with the power outputs of 15 HP and 47
HP respectively.
The single-sided swingarm in the Flow
accommodates the electric motor that further
eliminates the use of chain for making way for
larger storage space
The hub-mounted motor allows for an internal
storage compartment boasting of nearly 60
litres of storage.
The flow also offers smartphone connectivity
It will take charging less than 30 minutes
That will be available with two powerful
batteries combining to a total of 980Wh.
The dual batteries offer the bicycle a range of
200 km
The flow will be sold in US with a price tag of
$10,995 (around 7.7 lakh approx)
And the fluid bicycle will be sold with price of
$3,295(around 2.3 lakh)
The fluid has a charging time of 30 mins and
will be available in two version-one with a top
speed of 32kmph and other claimed top speed
of 45kmph
Merits :
No need of fuel
Very less maintenance as compared to
combustion engine
Instant torque at any point of time so blistering
pick up speed
De-merits:
Possibly higher initial cost
Short range and slow reflueing compared to
gasoline