This electric motorcycle has 170 hp and is already beginning to be tested on routes and tracks

Just like bicycles and skateboards, electric motorcycles are set to be one of the most successful mobility products in the coming years. In the entire world, for costs, price, maintenance, but fundamentally for comfort to go through traffic, small displacement motorcycles are a true phenomenonto the point that there is already Gigafactories like Ola electric in China, or the projects of motorcycles that load hydrogen in cartridges from France.

But for performance bikes, electric isn’t as popular. A little by tradition and a little by weight, since batteries play a big role and a powerful engine requires larger accumulators.

Anyway, Projects such as Triumph’s have not allowed themselves to be intimidated by this situation and, on the contrary, have redoubled their commitment until reaching a point of evolution, which deserves to be shown publicly. The prototype is called TE-1 project.

The process took quite a long time for its three stagesmade in conjunction with Williams Advanced Engineering. A first stage of conceptual design, a second dedicated to the development of the 15kWh batteryand the final stage, in which both things were harmonized, with the design details of the bike as presented the prototype.

While this was happening in Triumphthe company Integral Powertrain took care of the electric motor. He is a promoter of integrated cooling silicon carbide with a continuous power of 90 kW and a punctual 170 kWwhich means that this motorcycle will be able to deliver a power of 80 kW and 130 kWrespectively, or to say in potency comparable to known ones, 107 CV y ​​174 CV in every situation.

Now that the bike is finished and assembled, The testing stage will begin, which will consist of six months of testing on the two terrains for which it is designed: the route and the tracks. In this way, the suspension system and the consumption programs could be adjusted according to the applied power.

Although there is still no announcement regarding its productionit would be reasonable that dAfter a year 2022 dedicated to those essays and the final completion of fairings and stylistic details, the motorcycle is made available to lovers of a traditional brand, which has decided to take the big step in 2023. To realize this project, the UK Government also made a big contribution in financial termsthrough a financing plan with excellent conditions from the office for zero emission vehicles.

As mentioned at the beginning, a high-performance electric motorcycle requires weight optimization, because even if it does not have a fuel tank, the weight of a powerful battery is important in the equation, so a lot of time has been spent optimizing each part to that the bike ends up being light and manoeuvrable. Therefore, in Comprehensive power train this Triumph TE-1 has, for example, eliminated the heavy high-voltage wiring of an electric propulsion.

One point in favor of this type of vehicle that seeks sports performance is that by not having a high fuel tank as in conventional motorcycles, the weight of the battery can be accommodated much better with respect to the center of gravity. Perhaps, in the future, competition motorcycles, at the same power, will end up being safer and more stable, thanks to this first step.