News has emerged of a collaboration
between Buell, Frederic Vasseur, team principal of Sauber F1 and
Francois-Xavier Terny of Spark Racing, the company building Formula E cars, to
produce electric mobility vehicles under the name Fuell.
While information
on the project is scanty, an autoblog.com report says there are two vehicles
scheduled to hit the market. The first is an electric bicycle called the Fuell
Fluid-1, that comes with a 100 Nm torque electric motor powered by two
removable batteries giving 1 kWh of power.
The Fluid-1 is
claimed to be able to get up to 200 km of range on a single charge and there
are two versions – the standard model which goes up to 32 km/h and the S which
gets a 45 km/h top speed. Priced at US$ 3,295 USD, the Fluid-1 is expected
to be on sale sometime in 2019 with purchase details available in April.
Fuell’s electric
motorcycle (e-bike) is called the Flow-1 and features an electric motor housed
inside the rear wheel. According to Fuell, this eliminates the need for a
secondary belt or chain and the subsequent power loss.
Two model variants
are shown for the Flow-1 – the base version comes with a 11 kW version while
the Flow-1S has 35 kWh on tap. A 50-litre storage compartment is located under
the seat and the Flow-1 comes with smartphone connectivity. Charging time for
the Flow-1 is claimed to be less than 30 minutes on a public charger which
gives it a range of 200 km. Pricing for the Flow-1 is US$ 10,995 with market availability in 2021.
