Triumph build world’s best EV motorcycle, but you can’t buy it!

Triumph build world’s best EV motorcycle, but you can’t buy it!

Triumph TE-1

Triumph have now drawn a line under the fourth and final phase of development with their TE-1 electric development project.

161km / 100 mile range, based on live 
testing and official projections

They claim to have surpassed all their development goals in conjunction with their development partners, Williams Advanced Engineering, Integral Powertrain Ltd, and WMG, University of Warwick. 

6.2 seconds 0-100 mph
6.2 seconds 0-100 mph

A 100 mile+ range (160 km), 175 horsepower and a 20-minute charge time from 0-80 per cent all sounds amazing and even more so when combined with a very reasonable 220 kilogram weight. That’s lighter than the recently revealed Ducati MotoE bike that will race next year. 

220 kg is impressive for an EV with this amount of power and range
220 kg is impressive for an EV with this amount of power and range

Triumph have managed to produce that in the TE-1 but at this point you are never going to be able to buy one!

That’s because the project was primarily all about a learning experience for the development partners and Triumph’s engineers. A process where they navigate the engineering challenges that producing an exciting and practical EV presents while building up a significant bank of intellectual and property and humint along the way that will help prepare their engineers for an EV future. 

0-80 per cent charge in 20 minutes
0-80 per cent charge in 20 minutes

I would also imagine it might prove a bit expensive….

You can tell it is a Triumph at first glance
You can tell it is a Triumph at first glance

Visually it is unmistakably Triumph and the British manufacturer modelled the ergonomics, geometry and weight distribution of a Speed Triple while following the diminutive proportions of their Street Triple. 

Configurable rider aids and modes
Configurable rider aids and modes

Engineers mapped the EV powertrain to also simulate the throttle and torque delivery of their Speed Triple 1200 RS.  On the TE-1 torque peaks at 109 Nm which helps propel the 220 kg machine to 100 km/h in 3.7-seconds. 

The TE-1 wears traditional sexy suspenders
The TE-1 wears traditional sexy suspenders

Regenerative braking capability is also on offer and something that Triumph will continue to develop as they plan for an EV future down the track. 

Triumph claim that dnamic rider assessments on the TE-1 prototype demonstrator deliver a level of handling that matches Triumph’s current triple cylinder internal combustion sports performance motorcycles.
Triumph claim that dnamic rider assessments on the TE-1 prototype demonstrator deliver a level of handling that matches Triumph’s current triple cylinder internal combustion sports performance motorcycles.

Despite the TE-1 being a prototype engineers also used the exercise to implement and refine useful walk and reverse modes along with the customary power modes, traction control and wheel lift control stability aids. 

Project Triumph TE-1 was a ground-breaking two-year collaboration between Triumph Motorcycles and the UK’s electrification experts, followed by a six-month Triumph led development period of testing
Project Triumph TE-1 was a ground-breaking two-year collaboration between Triumph Motorcycles and the UK’s electrification experts, followed by a six-month Triumph led development period of testing

The project was funded by the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles through Innovate UK and was set up to create ground-breaking developments in specialist electric motorcycle engineering and innovative integrated technology design.

You will never get to sit on that perch.... This is a development project only, but it does hint at the EV future certainly being all bad!
You will never get to sit on that perch…. This is a development project only, but it does hint at the EV future certainly being all bad!

Steve Sargent – Triumph Chief Product Officer

We’ve already seen an incredibly positive reaction to the TE-1 prototype from motorcyclists all around the world, where many people are telling us that for the first time, they are seeing an electric motorcycle as desirable, and something that they would genuinely want to own. 

“Being the first step in our journey towards developing our future approach to electric powertrain technology, the TE-1 prototype – and the incredible results it has achieved in its intensive testing programme – has provided crucial insights and capabilities that will ultimately guide our future development. 

“Of course, the final production motorcycle will not be exactly what you see here today but, rest assured, the models we do develop will encompass all of its learnings and its exciting dynamic spirit.”

Triumph TE-1

Nick Bloor – CEO, Triumph Motorcycles

We’re incredibly proud to be able to share such positive outcomes from the completion of Project Triumph TE1, where the prototype demonstrator has exceeded many of our initial targets and expectations. Everyone on the team is thrilled with the results we’ve achieved with our partners, and how the outcomes of the project will feed into the electric future to come from Triumph.

Triumph TE-1 prototype
Triumph TE-1 prototype

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