Electric Husqvarna E-Pilen Planned for 2022
Tue, 01 Sep 2020
Pierer Mobility is developing a new range of electric Husqvarna streetbikes for 2022. The new line will be styled after the Svartpilen and Vitpilen line, with the company giving it the tentative name of “Husqvarna E-Pilen“.
The Husqvarna E-Pilen was outlined in a slide from the company’s report for investors for the first half 0f 2020. The slide describes the E-Pilen as using a modular battery system, with either a 4 kW or a 10 kW electric motor. A sketch of the E-Pilen (pictured above) gives us a rough idea of what the bike may look like. It should be noted that there’s a lot of time for further development and changes before the planned 2022 launch, so expect the finished product to look a little different.
That Pierer Mobility is working on an electric motorcycle isn’t surprising, considering the Austrian has already released, or will soon release, electric models for its KTM, Husqvarna and GasGas brands. KTM already offers the 16 kW Freeride E and 5 kW SX-E, while Husqvarna offers the 5 kW EE-5. GasGas, meanwhile, will soon be launching its TXE electric trial bike which will use a 15 kW motor.
All of these bikes, however, are off-road motorcycles. What is surprising is the first electric streetbike from the company will be a Husqvarna and not a KTM. Considering the amount of crossover between the KTM and Husqvarna lines, we can’t rule out a potential E-Duke down the line, but at the moment, only an E-Pilen has been confirmed.
The modular battery system is also a surprise, though it’s not clear if this refers to the batteries being swappable or perhaps scalable, with a choice of battery capacities for expanding range. It’s worth noting that slide does not mention a modular battery system for the Husqvarna E-Scooter planned for 2021.
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So now you can be broken down due to reliability issues as well as running out of juice. Grand idea!
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Obnoxious on Sep 10, 2020
Oh yes. No one has ever had any reliability issues with a ICE /s
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Imtoomuch on Sep 10, 2020
Nobody said that. You tried to put words in my mouth and failed. My jokes stems from the fact that Husky/KTM ICE engines do have reliability issues. Now take your little /s tag back to Reddit.
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Obnoxious on Sep 10, 2020
That is because you wrote "So now you can be broken down due to reliability issues as well...". This implies that reliability issues is the new "thing". If you had written "So now you can be broken down due to running out of juice as well as..." it had worked. And everyone knows that running out of gas never happens on an ICE. Fun fact, I don't use reddit
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Imtoomuch on Sep 10, 2020
English must not be your first language.
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Obnoxious on Sep 10, 2020
Correct! And since you don't realize how the above rewrite of the sentence affects how it should be interpreted I'm not certain that English is your first language either. Care to comment on the possibility of running out of gas on a ICE?
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Imtoomuch on Sep 10, 2020
My sentence was fine. Your comprehension is incorrect.
Yes, an ICE can run out of gas. What's your point? If not Reddit, you must have come from Electek.
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Obnoxious on Sep 10, 2020
I guess that you meant electrek (closest hit when using Google). Well far from actually. I come from the software side of the automotive industry (ICE side).
The epilen is not nearly as ugly as the vitpilen.
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