Final Development of Maeving RM1: Homologation, Alpha Test & Beta Test

Maeving RM1 的最终开发：认证、Alpha 测试

• 批准号: 830282
• 金额: $ 121.05万
• 依托单位: MAEVING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Innovation Loans
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=830282
• 关键词: Final; Development; Maeving; RM1; Homologation

The future of mobility is electric, and it's time to make progress. We aim to put an electric vehicle within reach of everyone and, for us at Maeving, that means electric motorcycles.The UK government mandates that 100% of car and van sales by 2030 must be electric. OEMs are now anticipating the inevitable extension to Powered-Two-Wheelers (PTW); in which electric adoption currently sits at an underwhelming 1.4%. Why is it so low? Because existing manufacturers are focusing on the high-end market, looking to outshine petrol rivals by harnessing the competitive performance characteristics of electric powertrains. The result is a stream of prohibitively expensive motorcycles, all reliant on a charging infrastructure that doesn't yet exist. To consider an electric motorcycle, you'll need a healthy income, and a garage with plug-in charging -- making it's a non-sensical option for the majority of city-dwellers.The reality is that the biggest barrier to electric adoption, range-anxiety, can be solved with solutions other than bigger batteries and more charging points. In the low-power world of <125cc motorcycles and scooters. electric excels, and becomes a truly viable alternative to petrol.How do you overcome range-anxiety, whilst providing a cheap, renewable, alternative to fossil fuels? With a battery small enough that it can be removed and charged at any plug-socket. In China, where this technology has been popular for some time, the majority of its citizens are now riding around on low-power scooters with removable batteries; enjoying the numerous benefits that electric affords.The problem? Universally, these products are not built to a UK/European standard. Our challenge was therefore to reinvent the removable battery concept with the features and build-quality the European market demands. To combine the primitive appeal of British motorcycles, with modern technology. Over a 100 years of British motorcycle engineering experience has led to this re-imagining: Maeving's first electric motorcycle, the Maeving RM1.After 3 years in development, the RM1 now needs to be made road-legal, and to undergo significant real-world testing; ensuring our final product delivers the quality our customers expect. We also need to test our direct-to-consumer business model: a disruptive world-first in the two-wheeled sector, which echoes the success of Tesla's de-coupling from antiquated car dealerships. Combined, these will give us the best chance of achieving growth and scale, cementing Britain's first production electric motorcycle as a key driver in the global shift to electric transportation.

移动出行的未来是电动的，现在是取得进步的时候了。我们的目标是让每个人都能拥有电动汽车，对于 Maeving 来说，这意味着电动摩托车。英国政府规定，到 2030 年，汽车和货车销售必须 100% 是电动的。原始设备制造商 (OEM) 现在预计动力两轮车 (PTW) 的扩展将不可避免；其中电力采用率目前仅为 1.4%。为什么这么低？由于现有制造商专注于高端市场，希望通过利用电动动力系统的竞争性能特征来超越汽油竞争对手。结果是出现了一系列极其昂贵的摩托车，它们都依赖于尚不存在的充电基础设施。要考虑购买电动摩托车，您需要稳定的收入，以及带有插入式充电功能的车库，这对于大多数城市居民来说是一个毫无意义的选择。现实情况是，采用电动摩托车的最大障碍是，里程焦虑可以通过更大的电池和更多的充电点以外的解决方案来解决。在 <125cc 摩托车和踏板车的低功率世界中。电力表现出色，成为真正可行的汽油替代品。如何克服续航里程焦虑，同时提供廉价、可再生的化石燃料替代品？电池足够小，可以在任何插头插座上拆卸和充电。在中国，这项技术已经流行了一段时间，大多数公民现在都骑着带有可拆卸电池的低功率滑板车；享受电动带来的众多好处。问题是什么？一般来说，这些产品并不是按照英国/欧洲标准制造的。因此，我们面临的挑战是重新发明可拆卸电池概念，使其具有欧洲市场所需的功能和制造质量。将英国摩托车的原始魅力与现代技术相结合。超过 100 年的英国摩托车工程经验导致了这种重新构想：Maeving 的第一辆电动摩托车，Maeving RM1。经过 3 年的开发，RM1 现在需要实现道路合法化，并接受重大的现实世界测试测试；确保我们的最终产品达到客户期望的质量。我们还需要测试我们的直接面向消费者的商业模式：两轮车行业的颠覆性世界第一，这与特斯拉与过时的汽车经销商脱钩的成功相呼应。总而言之，这些将为我们提供实现增长和规模化的最佳机会，巩固英国首款量产电动摩托车作为全球电动交通转型的关键驱动力。