The NAWA Racer prototype boasts of featuring the world’s first ‘hybrid’ battery system using lithium-ion batteries as well as ultracapacitors.
see photosNAWA Racer utilizes a hybrid system using ultracapacitors in addition to lithium-ion cells
NAWA Technologies has revealed the first fully rideable prototype of its NAWA Racer electric motorcycle at the ongoing EICMA 2021 show in Milan, Italy. First unveiled as a concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020, NAWA has joined hands with specialist technical partners to accelerate development of the revolutionary new machine. The bike uses NAWA’s nano-based ultracapacitors, called NAWACap, and combines them with conventional lithium-ion cells to form a ‘hybrid’ battery system. Optimizing both power sources improves system efficiency, shortens charging time and extends overall system life.
The bike uses NAWA’s nano-based ultracapacitors, called NAWACap, and combines them with conventional lithium-ion cells to form a ‘hybrid’ battery system.
The system is applicable to any electric vehicle, and is modular and scalable, and can reduce the size of a lithium-ion battery by up to half, or double the range, or a combination in between. For the initial design of the concept, NAWA was supported by the Enviz Group, a specialist design and engineering services provider based in Coventry, UK, to develop a dynamic prototype. The project is supported by InnoEnergy, the innovation arm of the European Innovation Institute, which has assembled an expert consortium of French partners including NAWA, AKKA Technologies, ProEnergy, FAAR and the YSY Group.
NAWA Founder and CTO Pascal Boulanger said: “The NAWA Racer is our vision for the electric motorbike of tomorrow – a retro cafe racer-inspired machine, but one that is thoroughly modern. It is light, fast and fun, without emissions. -Free city travel that will put a smile on your face, but it also sets a blueprint for the future.
“NAWA’s next-gen ultracapacitors unleash the potential of hybrid battery systems with five times more power and energy than existing ultracapacitors. What’s more, this design of the powertrain is completely scale-able: there’s no reason to that it cannot be applied to any large motorbike, or car or other electric vehicle. We believe this shows the e-powertrain of the near future. Following the initial unveiling of the NAWA Racer at CES in 2020 Since then, development has continued at a rapid pace. Thanks to our technical partners, we can now reveal our first dynamic prototype.”
Located in the top tank area of the NAWA Racer is an arrangement of NAWACap ultracapacitors, offering 0.1 kWh and boosted lithium-ion batteries mounted low in the chassis, where the internal combustion engine would otherwise be. Reusing more than 80 percent of the energy derived from regenerative braking, the NAWA Racer uses a much smaller lithium-ion battery than would otherwise be possible: just 9 kWh, about half the size of a conventional electric sports bike battery. .
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A NAWA racer can cover 150 km on a mixed cycle, but by drawing energy from start-stop riding, a NAWA racer can double his urban range to 300 km. The NAWACap pack recharges in just two minutes and the entire battery can be charged up to 80 percent in an hour with a home supply. As standard, the in-wheel motor generates just 100 bhp, propelling the NAWA racer to a comfortable 100 kmph top speed of 150 kmph in less than three seconds.
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