Tokyo based Axle Corporation has introduced an electric motorbike with a hybrid plug-in, electromagnetic-permanent magnet motor, and is seven times more cost-efficient than scooters running on petrol.
Features
- Magnetic motor, call Sumo, is a hybrid between a electromagnet and a permanent magnet.
- Runs on neither petrol nor diesel.
- Motor housed inside the bike’s rear wheel.
- The manufacturers say the motor is seven times more cost efficient than scooters running on petrol.
- Almost noiseless
- Range: as much as 180 kilometers on one charge.
- Battery can be charged at home.
- Full charge takes just a little over six hours.
- The vehicle can travel up to speeds of 150 kilometers per hour.
- Daisuke Ito, a professional racer who test rode the EV-X7 prototype, said it could potentially replace machines we now see in motor races.
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