Kawasaki Registers New Electric Motor Patents, Use Battery Swap System?

JAKARTA - A Japanese manufacturer, namely Kawasaki, is preparing a new electric motorbike, as can be seen from a design patent filed by the Japanese brand.

Citing from the RideApart page, Monday, July 15, although not in detail stating what the latest electric motor looks like, Team Green seems to be setting up off-road bikes at some level.

In addition, the patents shared also hint that the electric motor will present an interesting technology, namely a exchangeable battery.

Based on the patent application, the electric motorcycle battery can be removed. This battery can then be filled separately through a charger. This means that the potential owner of an electric motorcycle is enough to exchange the battery that has run out and continue his journey.

Overall, this may hint at larger battery exchange initiatives, and Kawasaki is part of a larger battery exchange consortium that includes member companies like Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, and even CFMoto.

In addition, the details that can be shared from the patent are that electric motorcycles can be installed with more than one battery, which means the range will be further. Of course, this becomes very interesting when you want to travel using an electric motorbike at a distance that is not close.

Patents from Kawasaki also appear to be focusing on safety devices meant to control the flow of the current from the battery to the electric motor. He said excess currents entering from the battery to the electric motor could damage the bicycle's electrical component. To overcome this, it presents a battery balance control system, which ensures the optimal current and battery life.

Judging from the patent illustrations shared, it seems that Kawasaki is more focused on how the electric motorcycles work, compared to their own motorbikes, and the design is much different from the existing models, namely the electric Ninja and the Z e-1.

As is known, two electric motorbikes from kawasaki themselves have been sold in Indonesia. For Kawasaki Ninja e-1, it costs Rp. 149.9 million and Z e-1 touching the figure of Rp. 146.9 million, all of them are Jakarta OTR.