Getting into the electrical bike (e-bike) market is the 2024 DAB 1 Alpha, to be produced in a restricted manufacturing run of 400 models and priced at 14,900 Euro (RM75,731). As DAB’s debut mannequin, the 1 Alpha, comes after the French firm’s acquisition by Peugeot Bikes.
With its preliminary idea electrical scooter discovering favour with musical artists and trend design model Burberry, the 1 Alpha options an avant-garde design. Strongly resembling the Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen, the 1 Alpha is crafted in Beaulieu-Mandeure and designed in Bayonne, France.
Notable in DAB’s design philosophy is the 1 Alpha’s battery, which may be totally repaired, disassembled, and recycled, thus eliminating any points with battery lifespan and utility. The battery itself is a lithium-ion unit rated at 72 Volts with a 7.1 kWh most capability, giving a most vary of 150 km and a ruled prime velocity of 130 km/h.
Motive energy is offered by a brushless DC motor with a claimed 11 kW nominal and 25.5 kW peak energy, the equal of 34.6 hp with regenerative braking. In the meantime, torque is claimed to be 395 Nm on the rear wheel, pushed by a DAB transmission and Gates carbon drive belt.
Utilizing the onboard charger and home present, the 1 Alpha takes three hours to go from zero to full cost whereas a Kind 2 charger adaptor is offered as an optionally available additional. On the handlebar, there’s a blue “Nitrous” button that when pressed provides a brief enhance of energy, put in as homage to the “Want for Pace: Underground 2” online game.
Premium elements are used on the 1 Alpha, together with a Brembo radial four-piston brake calliper on the entrance wheel and a single-piston Brembo calliper on the rear whereas Peugeot provides the two-wheel ABS. There are two color choices out there – W-White and MGT Gray – in addition to an additional value customisation choice.
Paioli provides the suspension for the 1 Alpha, with 46 mm diameter upside-down adjustable titanium nitrided entrance forks and preload-adjustable rear monoshock with exterior reservoir. Faba provides the spoked wheels in 17-inch sizing, shod with a 120/70 tyre in entrance and a 150/60 on the again.
Parts on the bodywork are created from repurposed carbon-fibre from Airbus Industrie, together with the entrance fender and body protectors. The pattern of top quality elements continues to the Alcantra leather-based clad seat, in addition to the Alcantra-lined glove compartment that conceals the 1 Alpha’s charging port.
All the required data is displayed on a 2.8-inch LCD show that additionally doubles because the entrance quantity plate holder and there are 4 journey modes – Eco, Normal, Sport, Nitrous – and a reverse mode. Weight for the Alpha 1 is listed at 125 kg with seat top set at 880 mm as commonplace and 840 mm for the low seat.
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