Battery and Motor Advances from Taiwan

[flecc]

Read all about it here:

Bike Europe - Taiwan technological advances
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[tillson]

The motor sounds interesting. Do you think there is anything revolutionary regarding the battery?

 

[eddieo]

Yes the motor sounds interesting indeed..........

 

[flecc]

Do you think there is anything revolutionary regarding the battery?

I don't think so in terms of battery performance advance, but it may permit the use of cobalt in a way that it used to be used until the fires and explosions.

That could bring higher discharge rates for better performance from small batteries, but no increase in capacity/range. So if this is true, mainly of interest for compact light batteries for e-folders doing short commutes, home-station, station-home etc. Lithium iron phosphate will still remain the future for longer life though, but no mention of it being applicable to them in this release.

That motor looks interesting though. I'm normally somewhat cynical about claims like this, but the Taiwanese are an ingenious lot with a proven record. They certainly gave complacent Intel a shock with AMD, and right under China's nose they created Giant as the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world. If anyone can do some interesting things to e-bikes, the Taiwanese are likely candidates.
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[jbond]

Shame about the new report though. When talking about the motor:-

"This technology is based on the principles of electro-magnetism and permanent magnetism"

Yes. I rather think it is.

 

[flecc]

Shame about the new report though. When talking about the motor:-

"This technology is based on the principles of electro-magnetism and permanent magnetism"

Yes. I rather think it is.

I thought that too, but I decided to be charitable and assume something was lost in the translation.

Either that or a marketing man intervened.
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