eczo.bike worldwide

01/03/2019

Video from the test outboard electric motor, which we wrote about in previous posts!

07/02/2019

The future of battery technology for electric vehicles.

We will tell you on the example of eczo.bike, how battery technology has improved over the past couple of years and what awaits us in the near future.

In the first version of eczobike battery, we used Li-ion 18650 cells, which were used in electric cars (Model S/X). We designed a 1000Wh battery, a weight of 4 kg, specific energy is about 250 Wh/kg (the first pic).

Some time passed and Tesla has developed the 21700 cell size, which is currently used for Tesla Model 3 and replaced the previous cells 18650. The difference between these cells can be seen in pic 2. In short, the standard cell 18650 has 18 mm in diameter and 65 in length - hence the name, the cylinder volume grows exponentially with an increase in radius, therefore even with a slight increase in diameter (21 mm vs 18 mm) and length (70 mm vs 65 mm) batteries, its capacity becomes 33-35% more.

What does this give in practice?
The size of the battery decreases, but the battery capacity increases. Our new battery for eczobike has a capacity of 1200 Wh, while in the old case about 10% of additional space was freed, which makes it possible to reduce the size of the case with increasing energy capacity (pic 3).

What will happen next?
Now Tesla buys Maxwell Technologies company, which is engaged in the production of batteries, supercapacitors, and other battery components. Maxwell has developed a new dry electrode technology for Li-ion batteries, with which an energy density of 300 Wh/kg has already been achieved (this is better than industry records now - 257 Wh/kg from Tesla), with a possible improvement up to 500 Wh/kg. That technology gives a 10-20% reduction in the cost of production and a 2-fold increase in battery life.

Future of battery technology. Approx calc.
With specific energy of 500 Wh/kg, the 75 kWh battery of Tesla Model 3 will weigh only 239 kg, instead 478 kg now. This is either 2 times lighter battery, or 2 times more mileage while maintaining the current weight (while the battery capacity increases to 145 kWh). Tesla Model 3 RWD with a 75 kWh battery has a 558 km mileage (EPA cycle, city). So in the future, Model 3 will be able to can overcome the distance 1000 km on a single charge.

Maybe this is the breakthrough that has been waiting for?

01/02/2019

Waiting for the summer... (c)

29/12/2018

Based on our electric motor and control electronics we created a 3 hp outboard electric motor for the boat. It is a ready-to-run product with a steering column and a screw-propeller. Video from tests in the next post!

08/12/2018

Lucy Taylor from Moscow told about eczobike in a video news. We are looking for capital in Asia!

21/11/2018

Our startup eczo.bike worldwide won in the nomination "Finlanding" of the technological project competition GoTech.vc! More than 200 applications for participation are accepted. In total, the competition received about 700 applications and we entered the top-15 startups of the entire competition.

The nomination Finlanding is an opportunity to enter the European market through Finland. No money is given to the winners, but the following opportunities open up for us:
- consulting support by Helsinki Centre in launching the product on the European market;
- tickets to the largest startup event in Northern Europe 2018;
- support in business registration and business development in Finland.

The support program is made individually for each winner depending on the needs of the company – it includes mentoring meetings with industry experts, international consultants, investors, and potential customers.

Europe is one of our target markets. Yes, we do not produce electrification kits yet, but we produce and sell electronics, which was designed for the kit. On the basis of electronics, we created a platform for design light electric vehicles (LEV). The platform includes controllers 6F, 12F, 24F (already on tests), onboard computer and a battery management system (BMS). All devices are connected by CAN-bus. Each component can be used separately with devices from other manufacturers. Read more here http://www.eczo.bike/en/nucular.

02/11/2018

We have reached the final of GoTech.vc in Finlanding nomination and are waiting for the winners to be announced on November 20th.

На этой неделе финалисты номинации Finlanding конкурса GoTech приняли участие в питч-сессии перед экспертами Helsinki Centre в Санкт-Петербурге, NewCo Helsinki и Helsinki Business Hub.

16/10/2018

We are exhibiting at Japan. Come visit our booth C006!

03/10/2018

We are exhibiting at Mondial Tech in Paris, France until October 6th. Come visit our booth L26!

19/09/2018

The is over, at which, perhaps, one of the most unique and significant events for our company: We personally presented our startup eczo.bike to two presidents, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping (China). We are waiting for official photos. It was cool!

11/09/2018

eczo.bike is ready for presentation at Eastern Economic Forum!