French manufacturer unveils world’s first hybrid ultracapacitor-powered electric motorbike

Posted on 19 Dec 2019 by Tim Brown

NAWA Technologies, a French company that specialises in next-gen batteries, has revealed a world first zero emission motorbike concept that utilises ultracapacitors.

Called the NAWA Racer, it is the first electric motorbike to use ultracapacitors, integrating these with a lithium ion battery. This brings huge benefits in energy recovery, range, charging time and weight. The system is fully scale-able so it can be applied to cars too. The NAWA Racer is the first…

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