ALYI Introduces MODUS - The Engineering And Design Team Driving ALYI Electric Mobility Innovation
September 11 2020 - 9:12AM
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Dallas, TX -- September 11, 2020 -- InvestorsHub
NewsWire -- Alternet Systems, Inc. (USOTC:
ALYI) today introduces MODUS, the engineering and design
partner leading ALYI’s electric mobility innovations. MODUS
comes with more than 20 years of experience and over 200 patentable
claims and referenceable experience with many industry household
brand names to include Malibu Boats, Peterbilt and Corning, to name
only a few.
After
initially building a pilot electric motorcycle on a classic BMW R71
clone, ALYI engaged MODUS to bring the pilot into production and
begin the design of future electric vehicle
platforms.
Below
is an overview from MODUS co-founder Maro Radenovic on their work
with ALYI:
MODUS Applied
Innovations
MODUS
is a multi-disciplinary product development firm with a focus on
strategic innovation, creative design, and precision engineering.
Our areas of expertise range from consumer goods to transportation,
aerospace to medical devices, and beyond. We are a new firm
coming together contemporaneously with the ReVolt Electric
Motorcycle initiative but bringing with us over 20 years of
experience, more than 200 patentable claims and referenceable
experience with many industry household brand names to include
Malibu Boats, Peterbilt and Corning, to name only a
few.
All on
their own, ALYI piloted an electric motorcycle that in its first
rendition was a BMW R71 clone retrofitted with an electric
motor. The BMW R71 is a breathtaking iconic image popularized
through decades of frequent Hollywood screen appearances in
addition to the real engineering breakthroughs that maintain the
bike’s relevance.
ALYI
came to us to productionalize their pilot and design the idea of a
maximum occupancy, affordable, rugged, long-range, electric
motorcycle with a retro aesthetic into the future. On the
surface, as designers and engineers, we both loved the concept and
at the same time, quickly recognized the rational market
opportunity ALYI was targeting.
As all
likely know, ALYI’s initial target is the motorcycle taxi market in
Africa. The African motorcycle taxi market is a widely
accepted mode of transportation locally referred to as boda
boda. Financial margin opportunities for boda boda operators
are thin allowing much room for the entry of a vehicle that can
improve profits for operators above and beyond the obvious
environmental benefits garnered from an electric
vehicle.
Furthermore, the vast majority of the boda boda
motorcycles are produced off continent further increasing
operational expenses and depriving the local economy of the
economic benefit that could be derived though local
production.
Boda
boda operators tend to compete for customers by attempting to outdo
each other with the customization of their vehicles. ALYI’s
retro design based on the globally recognized BMW R71 introduces a
compelling new customization vector.
ALYI’s
electric mobility vision extends far beyond the initial ReVolt
Electric Motorcycle initiative. Rather than defining a set line of
products, ALYI’s electric mobility vision is built on defining a
process for coordinating the evolution of electric mobility design
where future products result from the process instead of a process
being forced upon an arbitrarily defined product.
We
believe in the iterative design process and are confident our
expertise and experience can serve a vital role in the management
of ALYI’s electric mobility evolutionary vision. At our
request, we have engaged with ALYI in an equity relationship and
are enthusiastic about becoming long-term participants in the ALYI
electric mobility ecosystem.
BMW R71 And Beyond
It
appears the Ural
Motorcycle company
attempted to beat ReVolt to the punch on introducing an electric
motorcycle based on the BMW R71. Ural already produces a
combustion engine motorcycle reminiscent of the BMW R71 and after
ReVolt announced its BMW R71 clone conversion initiative, Ural
quickly brought an electric version of their own to a trade
show. However, no electric Ural is for sale today that we
have found.
That’s
probably because the Ural bike, while rugged and robust, weighs 700
lbs. The BMW R71 is surely durable and has a compelling retro
aesthetic, but it’s not the best platform in the long-term, at
least not in it its raw format, for a commercial electric
motorcycle.
Electric vehicle design should start with a
white board. Vehicle design before the advent of electric
vehicles has followed a consistent evolutionary path for over a
century now, and that path needs to end so a new one can
begin.
It is
time to rethink what an electric vehicle is, and how it integrates
into the world at large. Vehicles no longer need be designed around
an internal combustion engine and a fuel tank. Electric
motors and power sources need not be confined to traditional design
restrictions. Electric vehicle design is less complex than
internal combustion vehicle providing for more flexibility
and new opportunity.
When we
came to the ReVolt project, we identified a fork opportunity in the
project path. In one direction we pursued the refinement of
ALYI’s original BMW R71 clone design. In the other direction
we initiated the ongoing future design process for the ReVolt
maximum occupancy, affordable, rugged, long-range, electric
motorcycle with a retro aesthetic.
The
ReVolt for the African boda boda market will ultimately be an
entirely new electric motorcycle reflecting the retro BMW R71
aesthetic designed with interchangeable modular components that
provide operators with both a diverse range of economic engagement
opportunities and customization options.
The
boda boda ReVolt production motorcycle will provide operators the
opportunity to own the motorcycle frame while selecting from a
range of modular components to bolt onto the frame that can be
leased or purchased. The modularity facilitates customization
and the leasing aspect reduces the upfront expense required to get
into operation. The leasing option also enables rapid
adoption of future technological advances.
But
fear not, the BMW R71 electric clone will live on. In respect
to ALYI’s roots and retro brand, U.S. motorcycle enthusiasts will
be able to purchase converted BMW R71 clones or conversion kits to
electrify on their own BMW R71 clones.
Ongoing EV Design
Electric vehicles (EV) require less airflow with
no requirement to cool an internal combustion engine. With
reduce grill requirements, opportunities for aerodynamic
efficiencies improve and will be needed to compensate for battery
life challenges.
With a
strong demand for connectivity, software and user interfaces become
an important aspect of EV design. With the reduced complexity
of EV design compared to internal combustion engine design comes a
reduced need for switches, buttons and gauges. EV interiors and
exteriors are likely to change dramatically from what we are
currently familiar with in internal combustion
vehicles.
Purchase paradigms will also change. EV
systems are likely to be engaged in components rather than as a
whole. Batteries and motors may well be leased or purchase
separately from EV frames.
Government standards for EV’s will impact
design. Safety will certainly be one area of regulatory
impact but what about battery management?
Today,
we are exploring opportunities with Samsung SDI and Gegadyne
for battery solutions as well as with ALYI’s own in house battery
research initiatives. Battery and fuel cell technology is
rapidly advancing. So, it is important to compartmentalize
power sources for future adoption into pre-existing EV
designs.
Our
experience with the ReVolt Electric Motorcycle is being codified
into our future EV design process and integrated into ALYI’s
overall electric mobility design eco-system.
The
ReVolt Electric Motorcycle is just the starting place for ALYI's
long-term electric mobility vision. Instead of designing
specific future products in an isolated lab, ALYI has designed a
process to bring a community of stakeholders together with ALYI's
own design team to collectively contribute to the future of
electric mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa and
beyond.
To
motivate and inspire collaboration in a rational electric mobility
evolutionary process, ALYI has architected an annual electric
mobility symposium and conference around an electric auto race as
an anchor event. The annual event will generate revenue
contributing to the local economy, at the same time contributing to
the evolutionary development of future electric mobility
innovations. The expense of research and development will at
least be offset by revenue from the annual event and potentially,
research and development may become a profit
center.
We
cannot tell you how excited we are to participate in the electric
auto race event and corresponding design process. We know you
will understand and share our enthusiasm as you learn more through
future announcements.
To
learn more about MODUS, please visit our website at http://www.modusai.co/
For more information
and to stay up to date on ALYI’s latest developments , please
visit: http://www.alternetsystemsinc.com
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