See how scrapped Yamaha FZ bike turned

into electric in just 98k 

As we all can see Indian automotive manufacturers one by one entering into electric vehicles in Industry. Even the big players are not sitting back and the startups are also playing a prominent role.

We should also not forget the innovations done by youngsters, college students as their college projects and personal interests. Here is a great example from a team of six final-year engineering college students of Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem in Tamil Nadu.

Yamaha FZ bike turned into electric

The team of six final year students Elavarassan, Abinash, Ahmed Taufeeq, Balachandran, Chandradevan and Jagadeeswaran made an electric bike using a scrapped Yamaha FZ as a donor bike that was purchased for just Rs 10,000. Then the bike was converted into an all-electric motorcycle.

Specifications of ‘Fuerza’ electric bike 

The team named it as ‘Fuerza’, which means strength or force. The bike can give a maximum range of 80 km on a single charge, at present it gives a top speed of 40 kmph.
It is equipped with a lithium-ion battery which can be charged with a regular home socket as well, using a 15 amp input, the battery can be charged up to 3.5 hours. If it is charged with a 5 amp or 10 amp socket, the charging time would be approximately 4 hours. Its 48v lithium-ion battery is fixed which is sourced from Green Energy Solutions in Chennai. The battery powers a BLDC electric motor. To adjust the battery and motor on the bike the frame has been tweaked.

Features 

While looking into its features, the headlamp and the turn indicators have been taken from a Yamaha RX100. The team is working for the conversation from petrol-powered bike to electric bikes.

Price

Coming to its cost for conversion is it took Rs 98,000 which includes the cost for purchasing the scrap bike along with all the testing and trial runs. The students say that if this bike goes for the production it will just cost them Rs 65,000 to Rs 70,000.

TN students made low-cost electric bike charging costs Rs 20 

The team says that the battery can be charged from 0 to 100 per cent with the consumption of just 2 to 3 units of electricity. The cost to fully charge the battery is under Rs 20.

The Fuerza electric bike was showcased at India’s first new Clean and Intelligent Mobility Mission Festival 2019-2020 that was organised under All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the bike was awarded the first prize with a cash reward of Rs 50,000.

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