Hero eBike

Ultra Motor Electric Bike


Similar to a larger motor developed by Wavecrest, the Ultra motor is no wider than a bicycle rim and requires no gearing. The motor consists of a stationary permanent magnet attached to a hub, surrounded by three pairs of electromagnets. Those magnets are embedded in a rotating cylinder, which is attached to the wheel. Rapidly changing the polarity of the electromagnets from positive to negative causes the wheel to propel itself forward.

Via Bill (”Show Me the Platinum”) Moore, we have a HCL (Hero Cycles Limited) update. Ludhiana Newsline1 reports that on August 21, HCL launched sales of battery-operated bike and scooters.

Hero Cycles entered into a joint venture with UK-based UMC (Ultra Motors Company). By the end of March 2008, the HCL-UMC plan is to have 120 outlets in India, said Deba Ghoshal, Director Marketing Ultra Motors India.

The company has opened two exclusive showrooms in Ludhiana, one on Ferozepur Road and another at Dholewal Chowk. The e-bike and e-scooter are priced between Rs 15,000-20,000 and Rs 24,000-28,000 respectively, said Vijay Munjal.

This blog previously relayed information about ‘ultra-powered’ technology that now will go into seven variants of e-bikes and e-scooters. All the environment-friendly vehicles are gear-less and have a maximum speed of 25 km per hour.

Munjal added that the e-bikes and e-scooters run at one-tenth of the running cost of the conventional petrol-driven two wheelers. He highlighted that their a maintenance cost is one-third of a conventional two-wheeler. Depending on what version of the electric two-wheeler is used, a single charge can last between 40 kms and 70 kms, he said. The price of running an electric two-wheeler works out to be an 10 paisa per km, which is the cost of charging the battery, Munjal claimed.

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