Vitesco Tech joins Swappable Battery Motorcycle Consortium, Auto News, ET Auto

New Delhi: International manufacturer of modern drive technologies and electrification solutions, Vitesco Technologies today announced that it has joined the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium (SBMC).

The consortium was established in 2021 by four global 2-wheeler manufacturers: Honda, KTM, Piaggio, and Yamaha. Now it has 21 members.

The SBMC calls upon the leverage of standardization to accelerate the electrification of the L-Category vehicle segment at a global level and promote more sustainable battery lifecycle management. This will make electric vehicle batteries more economical, help preserve resources, and – more importantly – make them more convenient for customers.

“As in the passenger car sector, Vitesco Technologies aims to become a leading provider of electrification solutions in the market of two-wheelers,” Torsten Bellon, head of the non-automotive product line, Vitesco Technologies, said, “By joining the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium, we want to help create the conditions for light motorcycles and scooters to continue to play a central role in future mobility. We focus on a wide range of different e-vehicles such as mopeds, scooters, motorcycles, three-wheelers, and four-wheelers, he added.

The main goal of the SBMC activities is to set standards for future battery management systems and to consistently industrialize them, Bellon said.

According to Vitesco, the consortium aims to develop common technical specifications of the swappable battery systems; Confirm common usage of the battery systems; Make and promote the Consortium’s common specifications towards standardization within European and International standardization bodies for interoperability, compatibility, and harmonization of the systems and; Expand the use of the Consortium’s common specification to a global level.

Plant Leipzig’s first such production line went on stream in May 2021 and supplies the battery modules for the BMW iX.

New Delhi: International manufacturer of modern drive technologies and electrification solutions, Vitesco Technologies today announced that it has joined the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium (SBMC).

The consortium was established in 2021 by four global 2-wheeler manufacturers: Honda, KTM, Piaggio, and Yamaha. Now it has 21 members.

The SBMC calls upon the leverage of standardization to accelerate the electrification of the L-Category vehicle segment at a global level and promote more sustainable battery lifecycle management. This will make electric vehicle batteries more economical, help preserve resources, and – more importantly – make them more convenient for customers.

“As in the passenger car sector, Vitesco Technologies aims to become a leading provider of electrification solutions in the market of two-wheelers,” Torsten Bellon, head of the non-automotive product line, Vitesco Technologies, said, “By joining the Swappable Batteries Motorcycle Consortium, we want to help create the conditions for light motorcycles and scooters to continue to play a central role in future mobility. We focus on a wide range of different e-vehicles such as mopeds, scooters, motorcycles, three-wheelers, and four-wheelers, he added.

The main goal of the SBMC activities is to set standards for future battery management systems and to consistently industrialize them, Bellon said.

According to Vitesco, the consortium aims to develop common technical specifications of the swappable battery systems; Confirm common usage of the battery systems; Make and promote the Consortium’s common specifications towards standardization within European and International standardization bodies for interoperability, compatibility, and harmonization of the systems and; Expand the use of the Consortium’s common specification to a global level.

Plant Leipzig’s first such production line went on stream in May 2021 and supplies the battery modules for the BMW iX.