The E-Moto is a Levek Motors project that will involve collaboration between a number of technical partners. Our aim is to produce safe electric motorbikes that take less space, weight less, cost less and simultaneously gets longer range and better performance.
Our mission is to develop unique, innovative and out of the box solutions for electric motorbikes with the best technology in the electric motorbike industry.
The new proposed structural frame will reduce weight and improve performance, thus increasing the customers’ driving experience and range. The first generation is expected to weight under 25 kg (55 lbs).
The powertrain is powerful and compact. It’s an all-in-one in board traction. Based on a PMAC traction motor combined with a planetary gearbox, real space and weight will be saved and makes an ideal solution for optimal weight distribution.
Suspension will be designed using a minimum of moving parts and will require limited maintenance requirements. It will combine wishbone and spring as Flexible Composites Plates.
The battery pack will be integrated into the chassis. It can be delivered in two sizes: 2.1 kWh or 2.8 KWh (Lithium Ion Cell Type). Charging time on a normal residential 240-Volt plug is 3.0 hours. Range of 200 km is expected on a single charge.
The E-Moto body will be built out of Expanded Polyethylene (EPE). This will allow reduction of the weight and improved safety. EPE is symated by a bodywork made from and advanced combination of polyethylene and air. The advantages:extreme lightness, safety, insulation for heat & noise, and robustness & rigidity towards small bumps from the everyday use.
Modern drivetrain and control systems are complex systems and require a clearly defined and analyzed architecture for the physical and electronic makeup and information transfer of the system.
Levek Motors engineers will approach the E-Moto project by defining the top level System Architecture to give the optimum balance of safety, minimum complexity and maximum performance and reliability. This part of the design was key to ensure that the required safety and functional aspects of the system would be achieved as well as to identify requirements requiring addressing throughout the remainder of the design phase.
Levek Motors will design low voltage systems forming the backbone of the motorbike drivetrain. These systems are designed to be inherently safe and easy to use.
The systems manage both driving and charging and include numerous safety features and sensing systems. The system will incorporate multiple levels of redundancy as well as passive mechanisms, which ensure the safety, and integrity of the system before the software systems are even considered.
Packaging and cooling of the main components is one of the major challenges of the project due to the need to integrate the EV system into a new chassis built out of carbon fiber.
Using CAD tools (Computer Aided Design, CATIA 3D software) design techniques the best possible layout was achieved with the minimum of compromises in safety, strength and weight. With these tools, the Levek Motors engineers also evaluated the feasibility, simplicity and safety of key service and maintenance tasks, which would have to be carried out in use.
To insure proper operation, the motor and battery systems required a lot of detail attention to be paid to thermal management. Working with the suppliers, Levek Motors engineers will optimized existing cooling systems and identified key components which enabled the systems to be safe reliable under all possible condition.
Simulation is a key to getting the design right before any commitment was made to components or designs. Various will be used to simulate different key components and systems of the motorbikes and help identify the optimum specification and layout of the car.
Working with various partners, the Levek Motors engineers will simulate all aspects of the motorbike from the aerodynamics and chassis performance down to the low voltage electrical circuitry and control software on the motorbike. This fed both into the specification and layout of the car as well as being used to prove the behavior of key components prior to building the car.
This project is the first time that anyone had designed an electric drivetrain comprising stressed chassis members. The electric drivetrain need to be capable of supporting the entire chassis loads endured driving flat out on the any road including those expected during crashes.
This is no easy task but extensive use of CAD and FEA (Finite Element Analysis) allow this to be done in parallel with the packaging and cooling system work to enable quick iteration through numerous options in very short periods of time.
Packaging the battery and motor within the confines of a small motorbike proved highly challenging as the best balance of packaging efficiency, structural integrity, safety and serviceability has to be maintained.
From design, detail engineering, prototype building, test, homologation commissioning of the manufacturing, operation and sale, the development will be done in three phases.
Sales will be managed by 5 Service Centers including Montreal, New-York, Los Angeles, Paris and London.
Creation of two prototypes and test weight-to-power ratio
Homologation and pre-production (12 units)
Manufacturing 1000 units a year.
Performance, aesthetic and sustainability for individual mobility.
Our mission is to develop unique, innovative and out of the box solutions for electric motorbikes by creating safe electric vehicles that take less space, weight less, cost less and simultaneously get longer range and better performance.
To provide solutions which enable the development of economical and climate-friendly vehicles.
Offering new technologies for Drivetrain, Suspension, Chassis and Bodywork. With extensive knowledge, experience and network, we aims to partner with manufacturers to assist us in developing of a eye catcher, safe and low weight vehicle. Re-invent manufacturing by creating an easy and faster assembly process.