In december 2019, the French company NAWATechnologies, specializing in supercapacitors, unveiled an incredible concept-bike of an electric motorcycle powered by a new hybrid energy storage and recovery device. What was initially a technological demonstration dedicated to extolling the potential of supercapacitors based on carbon nanotubes, will take shape.


The Nawa Racer is equipped with a hybrid power system combining a set of 0.1 kWh supercapacitors with a lithium-ion battery of only 9 kWh. NAWATechnologies ensures that its pack of supercapacitors can recover more than 80% of the energy produced during braking, which makes it possible to be satisfied with such a modest lithium-ion battery. This minimalist configuration translates into a total weight of 150 kg, significantly lower than that of a “classic” electric motorcycle. Its 100 HP hubless rim motor can knock down 0 to 100 in less than three seconds and reach 160 km / h at top speed.

At the moment, NAWATechnologies has not yet made clear whether or not the Nawa Racer will have a commercial future. The interest it will arouse at the EICMA fair could tip the scales in this direction.

Nawa Racer, an amazing supercapacitor and lithium battery motorcycle                      The French company Nawa Technologies, specializing in supercapacitors, will be present at CES 2020 with an electric motorcycle concept-bike that integrates a unique energy storage and recovery system. It gives it 300 km of autonomy in the urban cycle.

If you like this electric motorcycle, and there is something, wait before rushing to find out where to buy it. Because, unfortunately, it is not doomed to be produced. This is a concept developed by Nawa Technologies, a French company founded in 2013 and based in Rousset in the Bouches-du-Rhône, which specializes in supercapacitors, based on carbon nanotubes.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of its technology, the company created this superb electric motorcycle, the Nawa Racer, which is equipped with a hybrid power system combining a set of 0.1 kWh supercapacitors with a lithium-ion battery. of only 9 kWh. Nawa Technlogies ensures that its pack of supercapacitors can recover more than 80% of the energy produced during braking, which makes it possible to be satisfied with such a modest lithium-ion battery.

Despite this, the announced autonomy is 150 km in the mixed cycle and 300 km in the city. “The NawaCap supercapacitor pack recharges in just two minutes and the entire battery can be charged to 80% in one hour even from a household power supply thanks to an innovative fast-charging mode that takes advantage of the supercapacitors”, explains the 'business.

The Nawa Racer weighs only 150 kg                                                                                                      The supercapacitors are integrated in the upper part of the tank while the lithium-ion battery takes place in the lower part of the chassis, where the engine is usually located on thermal motorcycles. The advantage of the hybrid system is that it allows the size of the lithium-ion battery to be reduced by up to 50% for equal autonomy. This gives a significant weight saving and also allows more freedom regarding the design. Add to that a carbon fiber frame and wheels, composite body parts and you get a total weight of 150 kg, which according to its designers is 25% less than an electric motorcycle.

Nawa Technologies announces that its 100 HP hubless rim motor can knock down from 0 to 100 in less than three seconds and reach 160 km at top speed. Thanks to the supercapacitors, the Nawa Racer will offer the same acceleration capacity regardless of the battery charge level. The electric motorcycle will be exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show next January as a technological demonstrator.

“Although this is currently only a vision of an electric motorcycle of the future, Nawa Racer's hybrid battery system can be applied to all electric vehicles and the technology could go into production in a very near future ”, assures the company. Remember that Lamborghini has been exploring the super-capacitor track for a few years now, first with its Terzo Millennio concept car and then, this year, with the Lamborghini Sián, which will be the first hybrid supercar supercar.