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EVOKE MOTORCYCLES UNVEILS NEW 120 KW ELECTRIC

CRUISER DESIGN WITH 0-80% CHARGE IN 15 MINS

Rumors about Evoke’s new electric cruiser project have been
swirling for the better part of a year. Now Electrek has received

an exclusive first look at the new concept’s design.
Evoke Motorcycles is based in Beijing and is best known for their
first model of electric motorcycle, the Urban Series.
The Evoke Urban Series is more a naked commuter electric mo-
torcycle more similar to the Zero Motorcycles line of bikes.

However, the Urban Series
used a much lower power 19
kW hub motor resulting in a
top speed of 130 km/h (81 The Evoke 6061 uses a 120 kW (160 hp) in-runner motor
mph). with a chain final drive. It provides over 272 Nm (200 lb-
ft) of torque. To get that power to the ground, the Evoke
Evoke’s new cruiser, which 6061 will sport a 200/55-17 dual compound tire (DCT) in
has a much more laid back the rear, with a matching DCT 140/70-17 up front.
riding posture, uses a brand
new drivetrain developed by Evoke has been hard at work developing their latest Gen
the company. It also marks a 2 battery modules. The batteries are capable of a 0-80%
significant increase in speed charge in just 15 minutes. The company says it has
and power over Evoke’s first developed both the software and hardware necessary to
model. precisely control the thermal range of the 18650 battery
cells during such rapid charging.
Evoke Motorcycles unveils new
cruiser concept The Evoke 6061 will be packing 6 of these batteries
Evoke’s newest electric mo- modules for a combined 15.4 kWh of energy capacity.
torcycle will be known as
the Evoke 6061. Its name is As Evoke CEO Nathan Siy explained to Electrek:
derived from the “Twin Plate
Frame”, which uses a preci- “The modules are permanently fixed and make up a
sion laser cutting process that semi-structural component of the bike. Charging current-
slices out the bike’s frame and ly works with DC Fast Charge in China and we will be
battery box from solid T6061 integrating with CCS in the US and Europe by the time
aluminum billet pieces. All of we’ll ship.”
the powertrain components,
battery modules, and tubular evoke 6061 electric motorcycle cruiser evoke 6061 elec-
subsections are then direct- tric motorcycle cruiser evoke 6061 electric motorcycle
ly mounted to the twin plate cruiser
frame. The rear swing arm The extra power provided by the new motor and batter-
uses the same twin plate de- ies offer a higher top speed than the previous 130 km/h
sign and sports dual coilover (81 mph) with Evoke’s Urban Series electric motorcycle.
rear shocks. The company isn’t ready to reveal the Evoke 6061’s top
speed publicly yet, but I’ve been given a bit of behind
evoke 6061 the scenes info and I can say for sure that no one will be

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