Zapp Electric Vehicles

Short description: British electric motorcycle manufacturer

Zapp Electric Vehicles Limited

Type| Private
Industry| Automotive
Founded| 2017 in the UK
Founder| Swin Chatsuwan
Headquarters| 5 Technology Park, Colindeep Lane, London, UK
Products| Electric motorcycles
Website| www.zappev.com

Zapp Electric Vehicles Ltd. is a British electric motorcycle manufacturer. The company was founded in 2017. Zapp unveiled its first electric product, the i300, in 2018, as the only 300cc class electric step through (EU L3e-A2).

## Zapp i300

The i300 is one of the fastest accelerating motorcycles in the market. The i300 is suitable for Europeans with an A2 Licence, as the top speed is electronically restricted to 96 km/h.[1]

The i300 is highly modular. The website configurator offers consumers the ability to personalize their own scooter as part of the purchasing experience.[2]

The i300 comes with an air cooled Internal Permanent Magnet Motor (IPM) producing 14 kW of peak power and 587 Nm of torque to the rear wheel.[3][4]

The i300 provides instant acceleration, propelling the lightweight 90 kg scooter to a speed of 50 km/h in 2.35 seconds and 70 km/h in 4.1 seconds.[5]

The premium mid-mounted motor provides power via a carbon fiber belt drive, replacing the chain. This gives the i300 better efficiency of power transmission, as well as requiring less maintenance.[6]

The i300 uses a high-strength alloy load-bearing exoskeleton, a first for motorcycles. The frame is chrome-moly steel tubing. Together these create a strong and lightweight platform.[7]

The i300 uses two removable, lightweight (6 kg each), ultra-portable, cell-to-pack configured, Li-NMC, mid-voltage (72V) battery packs. Each battery is rated at 1.25 kWh. They can be used individually or in tandem to create a total energy amount of 2.5 kWh. The batteries can be charged via any universal/domestic 110/220/250V plug-in sockets.[8]

## Awards

Zapp's i300 won the Silver Award at the 2019 European Design Award[9] under the Transportation/Alternative Fuel Vehicles category .

Zapp's i300 won an A' Design Award & Competition award for the 2019-2020 year [10] under the Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design Category.

Zapp's i300 won the Gold Award at the 2020 MUSE Design Awards[11] under the Bicycles / Motorcycles sub-category under the Transportation category.

## References

Footnotes

1. ↑ "Zapp i300 Electric Scooter" (in en-US). 31 October 2018. https://electrek.co/2018/10/31/zapp-i300-electric-scooter/.
2. ↑ "New Zapp i300 Electric Scooter Teaser News" (in en-US). 9 October 2018. https://scooterlab.uk/new-zapp-i300-electric-scooter-teaser-news/.
3. ↑ "Zapp i300" (in en-US). https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/zapp-i300-2019/.
4. ↑ "Zapp i300 Electric Scooter Now Available" (in en-US). https://www.rideapart.com/articles/382363/zapp-i300-electric-scooter-now-available/.
5. ↑ "Technical Specifications" (in en-US). https://zappscooter.com/en/technical-specifications.
6. ↑ "Zapp i300 Electric Scooter Introduced in the UK" (in en-US). https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/autosmotorbikes/zapp-i300-electric-scooter-introduced-in-the-uk/ar-BBWTM8p?ocid=ob-fb-enin-79.
7. ↑ "Zapp E-Scooter Claims 0-30 Under 24secs" (in en-US). https://www.visordown.com/news/new-bikes/zapp-e-scooter-claims-0-30-under-24secs.
8. ↑ "Zapp Lifts The Lid on High Performance i300 Electric Scooter" (in en-US). https://www.expressandstar.com/news/motors/2018/10/31/zapp-lifts-the-lid-on-high-performance-i300-electric-scooter.
9. ↑ "Single Winner" (in en-US). https://www.productdesignaward.eu/winners/single-winner/.
10. ↑ "Zapp i300 Performance Electric City Bike by Warin Thanathawee and Swin Chatsuwan" (in en-US). https://competition.adesignaward.com/design.php?ID=102218.
11. ↑ "Winner Info" (in en-US). https://design.museaward.com/winner-info.php?id=1696.

Sources

* NewAtlas.com - Zapp unveils new i300 electric scooter
* Forbes - Super Electric Scooter Looks To Zapp Urban Mobility Market
* Bloomberg - Startups Look to Electrify Dirty Two-Wheelers
* Electric Motorcycle News - Zapp i300
* Electrive - UK Start-up launching high speed electric scooter
* Bikesure - Zapp Electric Scooter
* Ultimate Motorcycling - Zapp E-Scooter set to launch this month
* Yahoo News - Zapp unveils its new electric scooter
* Plugin Magazine - Zapp i300 is newest addition to the electric scooters market

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