- UK-based White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) has revealed a fully-electric three-wheeled motorbike, called the WMC300E+.
- Offering a top speed of 100mph, a 15-minute rapid recharge time, and a range of 100 miles even under the aggressive riding conditions typically carried out by emergency services, the zero-emission bike is suitable for not only emergency applications, thanks to its high uptime potential, but also as a dependable last-mile delivery solution.
- The bike was revealed at last week’s UK-based Cenex Expo.
WMC all-electric motorbike ready for fleets
Whilst electric motorbikes have already been a hit on the consumer side, with the likes of Maeving, uptake within the commercial sector has been smaller, with the demands for high uptime and fast charging. White Motorcycle Concepts’ newly-revealed WMC300E+ hopes to change this.
With a battery concept developed by MAHLE Powertrain, the electric motorbike’s range remains high, even under heavy power demands. Whilst the WMC bike has a WLTP electric range of around 125 miles, this is only slightly reduced to 100 miles, when measured against what’s called the ‘aggressive emergency services drive cycle’. On top of that, the electrical system has built-in consideration for emergency-related ancillaries, such as sirens and radios.
Its three-wheeled format was chosen for several reasons in its emergency response focus. Firstly, the three wheels offer higher levels of stability up to its 100mph, which emergency responders will no doubt reach. Furthermore, in many countries this means it can be ridden without the need for additional motorbike-related training, which should make this EV even more feasible for adding to both emergency and commercial fleets. Emergency services, particularly in the UK, are already making the switch to electric on the car side, but this has been less apparent on the motorbike side. Perhaps, the WMC300E+ will change this.
Robert White, Founder and CEO of White Motorcycle Concepts, commented:
“The whole industry is facing a huge technical/commercial challenge to produce an electric motorcycle with performance close to its petrol equivalent. Current electric motorcycles are focussed upon retail needs, but fleet customers, and particularly emergency first responders, demand high levels of availability that, due to charge times, existing solutions just can’t deliver. Meeting that demand, while complying with forthcoming legislation and helping to achieve all fleet’s net-zero ambitions, has required clean-sheet engineering thinking and the combination of some innovative technologies. Following processes and procedures learnt whilst in F1 our in house engineering team has rapidly the concept; using a range of validated in-house modelling and computer fluid dynamics simulation techniques, prototyping and validation, and finally engineering for, and delivering, full assembly. The result, the WMC300E+, presents a market leading product for fleets and first responders, with greater operational parity to its petrol equivalent, but with zero emissions in use.”
