Malaysia's Gasoline Un-dependent Solar Power Electric Modenas Motorcycle

Pollution Free Electric Modenas Motorcycle can recharge in three hours time and travels 20KM each time charging.
Simple and Functional solution to reduce petrol subsidy from government and environment friendly

Going Green: Experience Charging Modenas Electric Motorcycle using solar power after two years

After two years on, Modenas Electric Motorcycle is running almost 3,181km mileage and fueled by my home rooftop solar power.

By making a concentrate effort, I have reduced the fossil fuel 100% via 1.5kW Off Grid Solar Powered Charging Station.

Moving forward, my little small step hopefully will make bigger changes for our future generation!!

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Three month free parking pass for Hybrid car users in PJ

THE Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has allocated RM4mil in its 2012 budget for emergency works to expedite its services.

Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said many departments fail to take immediate action upon receiving complaints due to the lack of funds.

“I hope this move will solve any financial problems. The money will serve as back-up to ensure complaints are settled faster,” he said after announcing the budget themed “PJ Cares” at its headquarters.

The highlights include a RM100,000 allocation for installing and maintaining energy-saving lights at the back of houses to brighten dark lanes — provided the house owners agree to pay the electricity charges.

“This is in line with the Safe City project. It would only cost about RM10 extra every month for a household,” he said.

MBPJ will also be giving out RM2,000 to each senior citizens’ organisation registered with the council to fund their activities.

A RM150,000 allocation has been set aside to provide workshops and courses for petty traders to improve themselves.

In an effort to promote arts and culture, MBPJ will waive the rental of Civic Hall Auditorium for one cultural society once every month to conduct cultural shows.

MBPJ is also encouraging the purchase of hybrid cars and simultaneously helping to boost the business of Petaling Jaya car dealers.

“Petaling Jaya residents who buy hybrid cars from dealers in the city will receive a parking pass to enjoy three months of free parking in areas under MBPJ’s jurisdiction.

“To discourage the use of paper, those opting to receive their assessment tax bill online will be in the running to win a hybrid car in a draw to be held in September 2012,” he said, in line with MBPJ heading towards a paperless organisation.

The council’s total expenditure has been set at RM281.1mil, an increase by RM9.1mil compared to last year. The revenue is also expected to increased by RM17.8mil and totals at RM281.1mil.

source: Surprises in MBPJ budget
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/10/31/central/9794969&sec=central

i-MiEV註冊‧三菱首推電動車

大馬三菱汽車不久前在馬來西亞率先註冊了第一輛純電動車――三菱i-MiEV。

隨著i-MiEV的註冊，大馬三菱也將展開多項配合性活動，主旨在於喚醒公眾的醒覺意識，而全電動車的推介，主要的標在於協助減緩日漸暖化的氣候壓力。

i-MiEV的註冊，意味著愛車人有機會測試純電動車，從中瞭解革新車藝的研發背景，以及如何為零排廢的宏願盡一分力。


充電8小時

行駛160公里

i-MiEV的取名由來，源自於Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle，在友善的應用模式下，車主在家中可通過230伏特的電壓充電，8小時的充電過程，二廂四座五門掀背式的電動車，在時速130公里的駕駛狀態下，續航里程長達160公里。

2010年發售以來，三菱i-MiEV至今已在日本售出4千輛，海外銷售量更為標青，1萬輛以上的銷售量，登陸點包括歐洲、香港、澳洲、紐西蘭及智利等。

靈感源自三菱Minicab EV的i-MiEV，純電動車的驅動力，來自於鋰離子電池與永磁式電動馬達組合，最大馬力及最大扭力分別為49千瓦及180牛頓米。（星洲日報／投資致富‧車壇GoGo）

Proton sees fillip to green car ownership

The government's efforts in driving the "green" initiative as outlined in the 2012 Budget, will encourage market acceptance and further motivate Malaysians to own green vehicles, says Proton Holdings Bhd (Proton).


Its Group Managing Director, Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir said: "This is a positive point for Proton as we are moving towards this direction with the development of green vehicles, namely the Saga EV and Exora REEV."

Both cars are now being put on road-trial via Proton's Fleeting Testing Vehicle (FTV) Programme with the government, he said in a statement today.

However, he hoped, that this will be subsequently followed with more initiatives by the government to further encourage the take-up of such vehicles, including measures to reduce cost of ownership and localisation of related component parts.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in tabling the 2012 Budget in Parliament yesterday, proposed a full exemption of import and excise duty on hybrid and electric cars to continue to be given to franchise holders, to promote green technology and ensure sustainable development of the industry.

Meanwhile, Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) Managing Director, Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said the 2012 Budget will definitely help lessen the impact of global economic challenges. -- Bernama

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20111008153932/Article/index_html

2012財政預算案‧優惠延長2年‧混動車免稅至2013年

吉隆坡7日訊）2012年財政預算案建議，進口油電混合系統（Hybrid）汽車或電子車享有100%豁免入口稅及國產稅的優惠，將延長2年至2013年。


政府在2011年財政預算案中，為了把大馬打造成為本區域的油電混合系統汽車中心，宣佈從2011年1月至2011年12月31日期間，讓引進整裝進口（CBU）的油電混合系統新車與電子車，100%豁免進口稅及國產稅。

為了進一步提昇油電混合系統汽車在大馬使用率，政府建議將上述優惠延長2年。

須符合特定條規要享有上述免稅措施必須符合一定的條規，包括油電混合車必須符合聯合國的定義（在驅動汽車方面，車子至少擁有兩種不同的能源轉換器及能源儲存系統）、引擎容積低於2千CC的載客新車、引擎規格至少符合歐盟3型（Euro3）標準。

同時，車子須通過陸路交通局確認為油電混合系統，取得‘車輛類型認證’，同時和其他以汽油驅動的汽車相比，在城市駕駛的耗油量證實能節省不少過50%、在城市和高速公路行駛節省不少過25%，每公里的排碳量也不能超過2.3克。

至於電子車必須符合聯合國的定義，僅限整裝進口（CBU）、擁有低於100kw電力引擎的全新電子車。

2012年財政預算案】
（星洲日報）

http://www.sinchew-i.com/sciWWW/node/244712?tid=783

Using Solar to Charge up your Modenas-Electric Bike



Upon the arrival of Modenas Electric Motorcycle to our workplace, an outspoken workmate was complaining about this e-bike.He mention that he didn't see any good reason to purchase so called environment friendly electric bike as it is still consuming indirect  fossil fuel burning via charging up the Modenas's battery from our local electricity utility company -TNB.

Ya..If you talking to typically  rigid mind set people who are talking about dollars and cents, believe me or not, he wouldn't even consider to replace existing running petrol powered motorcycle with this e-bike after taking consideration of return  investment and etcs.....But if you meet someone who is environmental mentality, like our friend  Mr Foo, he would definately tell you how your electric motorcycle able to ride without burning the fossil fuel!

The secret is using solar energy from the sun via solar panels on his house rooftop to charge up his Modenas Electric bike daily. Output of the wall socket in the parking bay is AC (in the pic) after going thru the inverter unit.Stay tuned and more info about solar charging rate and performance will be posted here soon.

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Modenas Electric Motorcycle -User Experience Journey Part-2: My first 100KM

My 1st 100kM !

Report Will comes soon

My first impression : Excellent E-Bike for 1st Generation Modenas Electric Motor Cycle.


- Performance: very responsive with respect to control.

- very smooth, and speed easily achieved 80kM to 90kM.

- frankly speaking, this E-Bike is very suitable of covering distance 25kM - 30kM per charged.

- recommended charging time between 8 - 10 hours.

Conclusion: I love it ! Because it serves my purpose.

by
Foo


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Modenas Electric Motorcycle -User Experience Journey Part-1

The first Modenas electric motorcycle is on the road now.My friend started to charge the Modenas motorcycle at home yesterday upon the new delivery. For initial stage, he has charged the modenas motorcycle up to 12 hours to obtain optimum power of the motorcycle. The cost of per charging is about RM0.40 and it can able to ride up to two days usage for 50kM distance.

For Rule of thumb:
How much you can save if using petrol powered motorcycle compared to electric motocycle ?

If you using RM8 per week for your petrol comsumption, Modenas Electric Motorcycle might cost user about RM0.80 , about 1/10 part of petrol cost if the RON95 maintain about RM1.90 per litre.

There are more info and tips on  how to manage the limited battery resource of Modenas Electric Motorcycle in my future post soon.Stay tuned.

Modenas Electric Motorcycle Ready is on the road now..

Our first Malaysia made electric motorcycle is ready on the road. A good of friend of mine just bought one e-bike lately and on the road price is about RM 4,888.00 (electric starter). For those who are believe of good motorcycle number, you can pay extra to get your " feng sui" number plate as well. The range can be varied from RM200 to RM1500 for your favourite number.

There is a video clip developed by Modenas on the performances and benefits of using e-bike. Kindly refer to http://www.modenas.com.my/v2motorcycle.asp for the official  Modenas's e bike specifications. I will share more on the user's experience and information regarding to e-bike over here soon. Stay tune....

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'Green motorcycles' set to make debut next year

Honda EV-NEO Electric Scooter 

Modenas eyes 500 electric bike sales a month

  

Honda EV-NEO Electric Scooter

According to the Honda press release...

"Honda developed the EV-neo, an electric scooter designed to provide the durability necessary for business use, envisioning a wide range of uses by businesses such as delivery services. Equipped with a lithium-ion battery and a brushless motor, EV-neo realizes excellent environmental performance with zero CO2 emissions in use. The battery is rechargeable using a household power source with attention given to the range per charge. Moreover, EV-neo provides performance equivalent to that of mass-market under-50cc gasoline engine motorcycles realizing a powerful ride even with cargo by leveraging the characteristics of a high-torque motor even at a low speed ride."


Honda held the world premier exhibition of the EV-neo concept model (under the name EVE-neo) at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show in 2009 as one of Honda’s new-generation personal mobility products which will contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society while transporting people and cargo. The mass-market model of EV-neo is currently under development.Thus far no international sales plans were announced for the electric scooter

Modenas eyes 500 electric bike sales a month

Motosikal dan Enjin Nasional Sdn Bhd (Modenas) expects to sell 500 units of environmentally-friendly electric motor cycles a month.

Its chief executive officer, Abd Halim Ismail, said the bike, Modenas CTric, has also made its international mark with an order for 100 bikes by Iran.

"The bikes will be sent to Iran by end of this month. It has also planned to buy 200 bikes every month," he said.

Abd Halim said this at a media briefing after the launch of the bike by Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha, here today.

He said South Korea, Greece, Poland and Vietnam were also interested to buy the bikes.

Abd Halim said the CTric has also created history, being fully developed, assembled and manufactured in Malaysia, using 80 per cent local components and 20 per cent from China.

Earlier, Kong said the CTric was the first electric bike to get the nod from SIRIM and Road Transport Department (JPJ).

"The amendment to the Road Transport Act 1987 last December has allowed the electric vehicles to register with JPJ. Prior to that, the Act disallowed the registration because it needed to record the chassis and engine numbers.

"The electric vehicle only has chassis number," he said.

The CTric comes in two colours -- green and orange. It retails at RM4,888 (including road tax and insurance). -- Bernama


Read more: Modenas eyes 500 electric bike sales a month http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20110616173104/Article/index_html#ixzz1PRCP3PDe

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Finally our first modenas electric bike is ready to On The Road legally..


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KLANG: The country's first electric-powered motorcycle has been launched by the Transport Minister.


Energy consumption for the environmentally friendly vehicle Modenas CTric, which will have a top speed of 70km per hour, is one sen per kilometre.

At an average speed of 30km per hour, it can go as far as 60km on a single charge.

Eclimo hopes to sell 40,000 scooters by end of this year

Eclimo, a wholly-Malaysian-owned outfit which produces two-wheel electric vehicles (EVs), plans to sell at least 40,000 scooters by the end of this year after their launch next month.

It is optimistic of this despite the fact that it has yet to get clearance from the Road and Transport Department (JPJ) to sell EVs in Malaysia.

"We are optimistic that we can get the approval from JPJ with the minister's (Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui) support," said Eclimo director KB Woo, referring to the minister who was present at the unveiling of the company's three electric motorcycles in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Woo said the first launch is slated within the next one to two months and it will be the scooter range, the ES11, targeted at the middle class to upper class market.

"Our target market would be 3 to 4 per cent of the total motorcycle usage, which is half-a-million Malaysians at present," he said.

The ES11 will be priced at RM10,000 and comes with a five-year warranty.

The company plans to launch two more electric bikes this year, the EB25 200cc and the ES10.

"We have not determined the price for these two models yet but rest assured they will be competitively priced," Woo said.

The EVs are made in Shah Alam, Selangor, while the batteries are produced by a locally-listed company.

"We also plan to export some of these EVs overseas, especially in countries where the cost of fuel is very high," he added.

Read more: Eclimo hopes to sell 40,000 scooters by end of this year http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/jreclimo/Article/index_html#ixzz1GoKCYdXH

Govt may ban electric bicycles

PUTRAJAYA: Electric bicycles may be taken off the road if the Cabinet accepts a recommendation from the Transport Ministry.


Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said he will be presenting a paper during Friday’s Cabinet meeting to recommend disallowing electric bicycles, citing safety reasons.

He said continuing to allow electric bicycles, which have battery-powered motors, could result in a higher risk of injury or death.

“Electric bicycles do not meet the performance specifications of motorcycles.

“It is more than a bicycle but less than a motorcycle,” he told The Star on Tuesday.

While Kong acknowledged that electric bicycles were good for the environment, he stressed that the higher risk of death and injury from collision did not warrant their usage.

“If you want to talk about being environmentally-friendly, using a normal bicycle is still the best,” he pointed out.

He added that an electric bicycle could not be classified as an electric motorcycle.

“Anyone can use it as there are no restrictions on who can use a bicycle,” he said.

“There is no need to register an electric bicycle or obtain a driving licence, road tax, insurance or registration number.

“Any young child will be able to use the electric bicycle without a crash helmet and that means a much higher risk of accidents,” he cautioned.

Kong said the paper to be presented to the Cabinet would reveal all the facts involving electric bicycles.

Road Transport Department director-general Datuk Solah Mat Hassan said in a statement that electric bicycles currently being sold were designed to travel more than 40km per hour.

“According to road safety studies, bicycles that move at more than 20km per hour pose a much higher risk of injury to pedestrians, especially when both share the same lane,” he said.

Solah added that facilities for cyclists like special lanes were currently limited to residential and recreational parks.

“Cyclists, who use routes other than designated ones, will be exposed to the risk of traffic accidents and contribute to the overall number of accidents,” he cautioned.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/10/nation/8214628&sec=nation

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Hybrid m-bikes to revolutionise industry

Revolution Manufacturing Sdn Bhd expects to revolutionise the local motorcycle industry with the country's first hybrid motorcycles.


The company yesterday unveiled two hybrid models called GW 800HB and GW 500HB, which will be made available to the public next month.

Essentially a scooter, the 80cc GW 800HB will have a price tag of RM8,000, while the smaller 50cc GW 500HB will cost around RM7,000.
The motorcycles' hybrid drive-system combines a conventional internal combustion engine with an electric propulsion system.

Senior company executives said the hybrid motorcycles are a "successful collaboration of local engineers and researchers" over the past four years.

Revolution Manufacturing chairman Datuk Dr Mohd Yahya Nordin said the company had spent some RM6 million to develop the "green" motorcycles.

Revolution Manufacturing and its marketing arm Serunai Emas Sdn Bhd expect to sell 16,000 units of the vehicles this year. This should translate into a 2 per cent share of the total motorcycle sales volume.

For 2012, the companies aims to grab a bigger market share of 3 to 3.5 per cent.Serunai Emas chief executive officer Aubrey Insley O'Hara said the motorcycles will also be exported to countries in the region as well as South Africa and Eastern Europe. The initial export focus, however, will be Indonesia, Bangladesh and Vietnam."We are in talks with the local parties there," O'Hara said during the motorcycles' media preview and test ride in Dengkil, Selangor, yesterday.

He added that the company plans to set up its maiden overseas plant in Bangladesh.

The hybrid motorcycles are produced by Hybrid Scooters Sdn Bhd, another subsidiary of Revolution Manufacturing, at its factory in Dengkil.

Hybrid Scooters has the exclusive manufacturing licence for hybrid motorcycles from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.

Company executives said the GW 800HB is capable of travelling 220km on a full tank of fuel and a fully-charged battery.

"This makes it a practical mode of transportation for long-distance travel as well as short hops, where the user may opt for the use of only the electrical motor," Mohd Yahya said.

O'Hara, meanwhile, said: "One of the hybrid motorcycle's most distinctive advantages over a full-electric motorcycle is that the former is not completely dependent on battery power.

"This is the major contributing factor to the unpopularity of full-electric motorcycles in the market today."

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/seeka/Article/index_html

RM800 Battery for Modenas Bike

According to report from the sun dated on 8 December 2010, the baterry for Modenas bike will cost about RM800( Lead Acid battery) and is expected to last three years.

Modenas CEO said, 20% of our motorcyclists ride only for short distances and Modenas Sdn Bhd is confident of tapping into this category of users with its soon to be launched electric bike.

The average operating cost for CTric Electric bike is RM1 for 60KM compared with RM2 for fuel powered motorcycles, and comes with minimum maintenance.

Target Group for Modenas  electric bikes are students, housewives, those in the food delivery and courier services, and gated communities.

In Felda schemes where the petrol kiosk is quite a distance away, electric bike will be important to be settlers as the battery can be easily charged.

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Modenas Electric Motorcycle-Test Ride Vide Clip

Pls click the below link to view the test ride video clip for Modenas Electric Motorcycle (youtube)

Test ride - Modenas Electric Bike at Matrade, Intrade 2010

Find out more about Modenas Electric Bike in my blog:

1. Modenas Electric Motorcycle-CTRIC
2. Modenas Electric Motorcycle CTRIC Specification
3. Green motorcycles' set to make debut next year

'Green motorcycles' set to make debut next year

Friday November 12, 2010


'Green motorcycles' set to make debut next year

PETALING JAYA: After years of waiting, Malaysians will get to ride on electric motorcycles or "green bikes" once the machines make their debut next year.

JPJ director-general Datuk Solah Mat Hassan said the Road Transport Act 1987 was being amended to exempt the requirement for the machines to have engine numbers before they can be registered.

Among the features of the "green bike" are:

● The lithium battery-powered machine offers the same performance of a 125cc petrol-powered motorcycle.

● It will be priced slightly above RM10,000.

● Modenas says it is ready to launch its electric motorcycle within the new few months.


source: The star
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/11/12/nation/7416126&sec=nation

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Modenas Electric Motorcycle CTRIC Specification

For those who are intended to purchase or consider to change our petrol motorcycle to electric motorcycle, you may find the technical information such as the speed,torque and other technical info from my below picture.Looking forward our government to approve this electric motorcycle on the road soon.

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Modenas Electric Motorcycle-CTRIC

Modenas Electric Motorcycle-CTRIC

During my visit to Green Energy Exhibition at KLCC recently, an interesting green motorcycle exhibition booth -Electric Motorcycle from Modenas, our Malaysia national motorcycle company had caught my attention.

This electric motorcycle is fully developed, assembled and manufactured in Malaysia. It will launch in near future after obtaining approval from the authorities. The target market will be the urban and inter urban within 30-40km range for those people who are conscious about energy saving .


The selling price for this electric bike will be below RM5,000 per unit and it will take about three and half hours to recharge the motorcycle from zero base (for minimum 80% battery capacity). It has a 1kw  DC Brushless (PWM) Motor. The life span of the 5 units of lead acid,Nano Gel type batteries are 2.5 years or 30,000KM and up to 500 discharge cycles. The rating for each battery is about 12V , 20AH @ 2hours.

Based on our current electricity tariff, it will cost about RM0.39 for a  full charge.It capable to travel up to 65KM with the maximum speed of 110kM.

(source: Business Time New_2 July 2010)

The below is the our national made Electric Motorcycle-CTRIC-Intelligent Energy flyer

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Modenas Electric Motorcycle Ready is on the road now..