Vitesco Applied sciences joins consortium on interchangeable battery programs for two-wheelers

Vitesco Applied sciences, an progressive worldwide producer of recent drive applied sciences and electrification options, has joined the Swappable Batteries Bike Consortium (SBMC). The Consortium was established in 2021 by 4 international gamers in two-wheeler manufacturing – Honda, KTM, Piaggio, and Yamaha – and grew to 21 members.

The Consortium goals to:

1. Develop widespread technical specs of the swappable battery programs.
2. Verify widespread utilization of the battery programs.
3. Make and promote the Consortium’s widespread specs in direction of standardization inside European and Worldwide standardization our bodies for interoperability, compatibility, and harmonization of the programs.
4. Broaden the usage of the Consortium’s widespread specification to international degree.

The SBMC calls upon the leverage of standardization to speed up the electrification of the L-Class automobile section at international degree and promote extra sustainable battery lifecycle administration. It will make electrical automobile batteries extra economical, assist protect assets and – extra importantly – make them extra handy for patrons.

As within the passenger automotive sector, Vitesco Applied sciences goals to develop into a number one supplier of electrification options available in the market of two-wheelers. By becoming a member of the Swappable Batteries Bike Consortium, we need to assist create the situations for gentle bikes and scooters to proceed to play a central function in future mobility. We concentrate on a variety of various e-vehicles reminiscent of mopeds, scooters, bikes, three-wheelers, and four-wheelers. The primary aim of our SBMC actions is to set requirements for future battery administration programs and to persistently industrialize them.

Torsten Bellon, head of non-automotive product line at Vitesco Applied sciences

Vitesco Applied sciences has twenty years of expertise within the two-wheeler section and might construct on current options from the automotive sector in its efforts to develop electrified drive applied sciences. Amongst its applied sciences featured in winter 2021 on the EICMA – the world’s most vital motorbike commerce present – the corporate introduced a system answer for 48-volt two-wheel electrical automobiles that features a compact electrical motor geared up with Vitesco Applied sciences excessive efficiency inductive Rotor Place Sensor (iRPS) and the electrical Drive Management Unit (eDCU) an built-in controller offering inverter and extra automobile features.

SOURCE: Vitesco Technologies