Launched last year, French electric motorcycle (e-bike) outfit Newron is now taking pre-orders for the Newron EV-1, with an initial production run of 12 units. Pricing is estimated to be 60,000 euros (RM288,000) with a refundable deposit of 2,000 euro (RM9,601) needed to secure of the first batch of 12 EV-1s, scheduled for delivery in 2021.
This is also when Newron expects to enter full-scale production of the EV-1 which competes in the high-end e-bike market with players such as the Curtiss Hades, Arc Vector, Sarolea Manx7 and others. However, aside from Curtiss, many other players in the high-end e-bike market seem to have gone silent and it remains to be seen who shall survive the transition from internal combustion to battery.
Using a lithium-ion battery, designed as a barrel shaped container that forms the large part of the EV-1’s chassis, Newron says range is in the order of 300 km in city mode, while highway riding gives up to 220 km. Charging is Type 2, which brings the EV-1’s battery to 80% capacity in 40 minutes when using a DC fast charge station.
The standard on-board charger, rated at 3 kW, takes five hours to bring the EV-1 to full charge. Installing the optional 7 kW charger reduces charging time to 2 hours and 30 minutes on domestic supply with Type 2 plug.
The electric motor, which drives the carbon-fibre rear wheel via shaft drive, produces the equivalent of 100 hp and 240 Nm of torque, with the zero-to-hundred sprint taking under three seconds and top speed limited to 220 km/h. Dubbed a power cruiser by Newron, the EV-1 places the rider 680 mm above the ground and weight is a manageable 220 kg.
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zero to hundred in under 3 seconds. top speed over 220kmph. Most important is hundred to zero is hoe many seconds? or did not make it?
This will be the dream machine for the abang2 who go to rempit everynight in Kesas.
Unfortunately for now, they got to use their kapchai to impress their awek during racing
Nice plywood motor, but will it last in our environment?
Good for environment making sure white ants did not go extinct.
There are ‘marine grade’ plywood. With proper care, plywood boats can have a service life of 20 years. That’s at sea.
For this bike Newron would have likely finished the wood with a few layers of very tough lacquer or resin.
Another possibility would be that it’s not actually wood but fibre composite laminates. Maybe even natural fibre like flax. The wood appearance is from using paper-thin real wood laminates stuck over before the structure before sealing the whole thing in resin or lacquer.
This poster of this bike will be wall deco for abang-abang rempit. So syoik looking at it!