The "ONE" / Emflux Motors
Top Speed | 200 Km/h |
0-100 Km/h | 3.0 seconds |
City Range | 200 Km |
Highway Range | 150 Km @ 80 Kmph |
Recharge | 3.5 h (0-100% Soc) Mode 2 or 3 Charge,30 min (0-85% Soc)Mode 4 Dc Fast Charge 1 |
Charging Time 80% in 36 minutes from WARP Charger™, 3 Hours from Regular 15A Wall Charger
Peak Torque
84 Nm (Limited to 75Nm from the controller) | |
Peak Power | 60kW (Limited to 53 kW (71hp) from the controller) |
Type | Emflux™ 3 Phase AC Induction with Liquid Cooling |
IP Rating | IP 67 |
Emflux
Motors is the brainchild of extremely passionate young people who
were wanting to do awesome stuff for the future of the human race
based on a shared vision - Electric Vehicles in this case - well, at
least for a start. Emflux aims to build beautiful, desirable, and
meaningful products and services with zero compromise on quality and
the vision these products are based on, and the very first
culmination of all of these factors has been willed into solid
reality in the avatar of the EMFLUX ONE - a fully faired superbike
that packs enough tech and mech to go neck to neck in performance
with 700cc plus motorcycles. It's journey from vision, to concept, to
prototype has been riddled with challenges at every turn, but the
passionate Emflux team overcame every single one of them to
successfully build their first prototype. It was a journey that
spanned a little over 500 days, and countless sleepless nights. And
finally, it's here for the world to see.
The
Emflux team consists of 25 young engineers, designers, and others
from various fields, most of them fresh out of college, and it was
founded at the core by the confluence of a common vision shared by
three guys from very different backgrounds - Varun Mittal, Ankit
Khatry, and Vinay Raj Somashekar. Every good company starts with a
very personal journey - here are theirs.
Varun
Mittal is an IIT Delhi alumnus with a passion for electronics,
robotics, and of course, fast motorcycles. After winning Robocon
India 2007, he went on to be part of two $100m+ B2C startups, Jumia
and Jugnoo as vertical head, and the founder core member,
respectively. However, he met with a severe motorcycle accident that
broke his femur shaft in half, and ironically, that’s when he
decided to pursue his dream of building performance motorcycles. With
an angel investment from Meher Roy, his friend of 15 years, he set
off on this path. He banded together a small team of electronics and
mechanical engineers and started conceptualizing and building the
various circuits that would go into the motorcycle.
Ankit
Khatry graduated with a BCA in Computer Applications from Bangalore
University, after which he went on to complete his MBA. He was
Varun's friend and team mate during their days at Jugnoo. With a keen
eye for business management and expansion, he's helped launch Jugnoo
in 12 cities all across India working as Venture Launch Manager.
However, his passion was something else - Motorcycles. Being an avid
motorcyclist, he's ridden his bike across the Himachal when his
parents were thinking he was relaxing on a beach somewhere in Goa. It
was his passion for motorcycles that put him in the same plane of
thought as his would-be Emflux co-founder, Varun.
Vinay
Raj Somashekar, in parallel, was designing motorcycles for TVS.
Coincidentally, he too met with a severe motorcycle accident that
shattered his left arm in four places. But that did not dull his love
for motorcycles and cars. He left TVS to pursue his dream of
designing electric vehicles for the future - a dream he’s had since
his Mechanical Engineering days. After graduating in 2008, he studied
Industrial Design in SPD, Milan, and Transportation Design in DSK
ISD, Pune, and went on to win first prize at the national level for
his Electric Scooter design at the SIAM Automotive Design Challenge
in 2014. This accolade landed him a job in the TVS Design Studio.
After he left TVS, however, is when the fun really began.
A
common friend introduced Vinay to Varun and Ankit, and the trio
quickly learnt that they wanted to do the same thing. And thus began
an exhaustive hiring process to find the best potential talent across
various fields - Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, and
Design. The collective team quickly grew to 25, and with all of them
working like units of a well-oiled machine, the prototype went from
inception to completion in less than a year and half.
It
all starts with the design. The first contact that the world has with
any product is the way it looks to your eyes, followed by the way it
feels in your hands. The Emflux ONE was designed to have the
proportions and aggression of a superbike coupled with the calm and
quiet of an electric vehicle. The idea was to have big, clean, and
beautifully flowing surfaces guided by sharp purposeful lines,
combined with a confident stance, strong proportions, and a sculpted
overall volume. Electric technology is clean and beautiful – and
the design must be an embodiment of that emotion. All the design
panels were meticulously hand-crafted with fiberglass. But design is
not only about the external parts, and it is not only about looking
good – it’s also about what goes inside and how it works. In this
regard, the design team worked in tandem with the Mechanical
Engineers to create a product that functions as beautifully as it
looks. Barring the brakes, tyres and the suspension, every single
component on the motorcycle has been designed and engineered
in-house.
The
mechanical systems were based off the design requirements. After many
iterations of design and conformability, a concept was created that
could work well both in form and function. The trellis frame was
engineered to keep the design simple and effective, and to keep the
weight down while also providing optimum rigidity for improved
handling and riding dynamics. It was also designed to house the 9.7
kWh battery pack which is the single biggest and heaviest component
on the motorcycle. The trellis single sided swing-arm, the first of
its kind in India came with its own set of challenges, and it too was
designed for minimum weight and maximum strength. The 60 kW motor,
coupled with the single speed reduction gearbox, have also been
packaged for mass centralization. All of these components come
together seamlessly to give you a package that’s not only robust,
but beautiful. But of course, this motorcycle wouldn’t be complete
without the very things that turn the wheel – the Electrical and
Electronic components.
The
electric drivetrain components available in the market were nowhere
near as powerful or inter-compatible as the ones that would be needed
to run this motorcycle, so the engineers at Emflux decided to develop
all the components in-house. It was important that all the electronic
components work together as one cohesive unit. The drivetrain
includes the battery pack, the BMS, an on-board charger, the motor
controller, and the motor which is run by a powerful master
controller capable of running powerful neural networks. Everything is
controlled digitally to improve performance and convenience via
over-the-air updates. These are some of the most power-dense circuits
in the industry. For example, the motor controller which weighs only
2 kilos including the casing and heat sink can still deliver 60 kW of
power. The charging stations christened WARP Charger will be
installed on highways and other strategic points once the law
allowing resale of electricity is changed.
Team
Emflux has had an incredible journey so far. This journey was made
possible by investments from people who believed in their potential
and ability to successfully pull off a project of such complexity.
One such investor, Nikhil Arora, had this to say - "Team
Emflux have pulled off something quite exceptional. I have seen
Varun, Ankit, and Vinay's incredible perseverance to plan and execute
Emflux One from scratch. They have created a high-performance and
truly gorgeous machine blending the best of clean tech and design.
Most importantly, all critical elements are made in-house and in
India. Electric is the future and I'm confident Emflux is very well
positioned to gain from this inflection point. Can't wait to get my
hands on it!" said Nikhil Arora, Founder CEO of
Millennial-focused media platform Transfin., as well as investor and
member of Emflux Motors' Board. Nikhil regularly provides inputs on
Emflux's investment and strategic initiatives by leveraging
Transfin.'s close understanding of India's financial and EV policy
ecosystem.
Another
investor, Meher Roy, who has participated in all of Emflux's
funding rounds commented: "I admire the Emflux team for their
self-belief and the ability to risk it all on the conviction that
they have a great product. In the past two years, I've seen the
company grow from a two-man concept, to a collection of strewn
components, to a beautiful but theoretical design, to a working
but visually unappealing prototype and finally to India's first
beautiful performant electric sports bike. Witnessing this journey
gives me faith that this company will change the future of the Indian
transportation industry."
Recently
the company raised funding from angel investors like Narendra Sujan,
Director of Sujan Group; Samar Singla, co-founder of Click-labs and
Jugnoo and Fabian Brian Crain, co-founder of Chorus One and
Epicenter. Existing investor Meher Roy also participated in the
round.
Emflux
aims to help other companies develop their EV solutions by leveraging
the patentable technologies they developed for Emflux ONE. They can
develop the electric drivetrain including the battery, BMS, charger,
motor controller and the motor for 2 as well as 4 wheelers. Emflux
will generate revenue by selling premium performance bikes and also
by licensing their technology to OEM companies as well as developing
customized solutions for others. Emflux plans to produce just 199
units of the Emflux ONE for the Indian market and another 300 for the
export. The standard version of the Emflux ONE is priced at 6Lakh
(~USD 9350) on road and with the three performance upgrades of Ohlins
suspension, forged alloy wheels and ultralight carbon fiber panels,
the price will be 11Lakh (~USD 17150) on road.
- Emflux Motors
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