New Electric Motor Designed to Extend Range

Meet EMCE – an electric motor designed specifically to increase range.

Let’s face it, one of the biggest detractors to going electric is range. Nobody wants to cater their routes to accommodate battery charge length. Worse still, nobody wants to think about what to do if their battery dies miles from civilization.

There is promising new tech coming out of Italy, however, that may yield range increases of 5 – 10%.

The technological collaboration that characterized the co-engineering between Energica Motor Company S.p.A. and Mavel is directed to the search for solutions that optimize the efficiency of the system. Among the main advantages that contribute to improving the performance of the motor and inverter we find:

Innovative rotor and stator geometries that minimize energy losses and maximize performance. The uniformity of the torque delivered and the optimization of the weights make the engine unique in terms of power and torque density and allow the optimization of production processes

Innovative and patented cooling of the rotor capable of generating an internal flow of air that laps the magnets and cools them. This allows the engine to exploit its potential even at high speeds

Adaptive control algorithms that ensure that the inverter is always able to operate the system as efficiently as possible

Patented sensors capable, among other things, of collecting and storing the operating data of the motor to predict the onset of any mechanical failure

Thanks to the new EMCE motor, peak power increases to 126 kW at 8,500 rpm and with a liquid-cooling method that guarantees greater performance, machines will now be lighter by 10 kg, with a relative increase in range of 5-10% according to riding style.

Liquid cooling allows for better thermal conditioning of the motor and inverter, which translates into the ability to work with greater torque and power density which, even with a smaller in volume and lighter motor, leads to greater acceleration.

Among perceptions in riding a machine equipped with an EMCE engine, they have found above all an improvement in handling. The transition from oil cooling to liquid cooling, present in the EMCE motor, is further demonstration of the technological advances which, year after year, contribute to the successes of Energica Motor Company S.p.A.

“The introduction on the market of the new EMCE engine was scheduled for release in 2022, but following the difficulties of our supply chain – due to the global pandemic situation – we decided to anticipate this timing and instead, in just 6-months we have developed this co-engineering with Mavel, into our current model year production.”

To learn more about the new EMCE engine, click here.