Recently, KTM has registered a series of patents, all related to the possibility of integrating a Electric autonomy expansion system to a brand motorcycle. In addition, the orange firm offers us up to three different modalities around this idea and even the case, it could be marketed as a standard kit adaptable to most market motorcycles on the market.
KTM electrical autonomy expansion system in detail
In recent years, one of the most obvious causes for which the electric motorcycle has not achieved a greater presence in the two -wheeled sector, it is undoubtedly its lower range of autonomy compared to any standard homologous combustion model. Although for many users this aspect is not essential, since they do not make long journeys in a regular basis, another part of the biker community does see a handicap in that of being limited in terms of use.
Perhaps that is why KTM has devised this system of expansion of electrical autonomy on a plug -in motorcycle, which is also presented under three different proposals. All of them share a common configuration in terms of presentation mode. This goes on to include a kind of rear Top case in which we would enable the installation of the different teams, depending on which of them could interest us more.
Starting with the first alternative, we can visualize in the images attached to the patent as within the main box, which forms this system of expansion of electrical autonomy, a small gasoline generator would be included in turn to a small fuel tank of small dimensions.
As they detail from Cycle World, the idea is to generate a continuous voltage responsible for feeding the main motorcycle battery. The case may even work both standing and running, facilitating the recharge of the battery itself while we have the motorcycle parked. On the other hand, and as a second variant of the KTM electrical autonomy expansion system, we would replace the fuel engine with a stack of energy.
It is not very clear if we talk about a pile of hydrogen, since this technology is yet to be specified at some points to achieve sought efficiency. Finally, and as a third version of the electrical autonomy expansion system registered by KTM, it would allow us to integrate different additional batteries, whether interchangeable, or not. Even Top Case himself could have an independent loading system, so it would not be necessary to take out the batteries inside to proceed to the recharge.
While we talk about a conceptual system, it is clear that KTM seeks to improve a key aspect within the two -wheel electricity sector. In addition, this system of expansion of electrical autonomy could have a standard commercial version with which to be able to meet the needs of more users, regardless of the electric motorcycle model they had.
