Established in 2018, Legatus is one of the very few Malaysian startups within the fledging local electric vehicle industry. Focusing on electric motorcycles, the company recently teased one of its upcoming solutions which is a battery swap system.
Published on its Facebook and LinkedIn page, the teaser didn’t provide a full look at the solution though. Nevertheless, Legatus claimed that the system has a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of between 7 to 9 which made us believe that the battery swap system is not far off from actual deployment.
Speaking about the bike, Metropolitan is actually available for purchase for RM12,888. In its current form, the electric scooter has a maximum range of 120km with a top speed of around 90 to 100 km/h depending on which of the bike’s three riding modes you choose to activate.
In general, small-sized electric motorcycles don’t have enough space to carry large-capacity batteries as well as necessary components to make fast charging safe for them. Instead of spending hours waiting for the battery to be charged, swapping it would take just a few minutes while the issue of range anxiety for electric motorcycles can be reduced further by having a vast network of battery swapping stations.
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