- high-tech design, with aerodynamic fairing and headlights
- front and rear “energy tanks”, for maximum weight distribution and balance.
- battery packs set up for a rapid change in race
- multiple speed separate gearbox
- liquid cooling with separate circuit for motor and inverter
- dynamic cooling of the battery pack
- Split single-beam large-diameter frame, to deliver excellent turning performance and straight-line track: great driveability, center-weighted balance, good ground clearance
- large autonomy with eco-friendly performance, around 100 kms of tracks travel in rally-race conditions.
- excellent traction and throttle control on slippery trails, with extended “out of range” high-revs stamina performance in race conditions
- torque power curves: Eco, Race, and Boost
Lithium Polymers (Li-po) Accumulators technology, the most advanced technology available today for electric mobility, is contained in four high-strength aeronautical aluminum “tanks” (two front, two rear), which provide safety, shock protection and high heat-exchange, thus ensuring optimum cooling.The energy tanks are positioned to achieve the perfect weight distribution, thus providing a highly effective low centre of gravity, resulting in agility and dynamic balance, under all conditions of use.The “no-memory-effect” quality of the Li-Po batteries, along with a portable battery charger, (which can be placed in a small backpack) means you can “top up” the battery charge at any electrical 220v outlet.Tacita T-Race – Eco Refill “T-Station”Tacita can supply a trailer that works as a solar-energy charging station and storage cabinet. It can charge battery packs without using conventional electricity supplied by power plants.In daylight , the solar-panelled roof over the trailer, “gullwings”-shaped to maximise exposure to solar input, converts light into electrical energy and stores new energy into the buffer batteries, usable at night or on rainy days to recharge the bike’s battery packs, independently and without generating emissions.“The T-Race – combined with the T-STATION- is a direct and indirect zero-emission enduro bike”, points out Pierpaolo.Tacita T-Race Specs:Chassis/Suspension:
- Anthropometric measures – T-RACE has been developed for sizes ranging from the 5th percentile (female) to the 95th (male): these dimensions fit 95% of the current population, taken as reference. When you get on T-race, driving position, general sizing, knee-bending angle and whole body position make you feel as if you had always been riding it.
- Frame: Split single-beam, in Crome-molybdenum steel tubes 25NiCrMo4
- Ground clearance: 353 mm
- Front suspension: 300 mm, telescopic hydraulic fork with advanced axle upside down – with special surface hardening TIN treatment of the stanchions. Multivalve damping and spring for static load. Hydraulic damping in compression is given by a special valve located at the bottom of each stem, while damping occurs through the use of an internal cartridge on each stanchion. Each rod is provided with external adjusters to adjust compression and extension, and a screw for venting the inner sheath.
- Rear Suspension: 300 mm, Progressive linkage, combined with fully adjustable rear suspension unit. Compression can be adjusted to high (1.5 rpm) and low speed (15 positions) in compression, and 25 positions in extension.
- Front wheel: 1.60 x21 with Excel rim and aluminum reinforced hub
- Rear wheel: 2.15 x18 with Excel rim and reinforced hub for improved steering precision.
- Tires: FIM Enduro type, or trail type (a footprint which is very close to that of a MTB bicycle)
- Front brake: steel floating daisy disc, 270mm diameter, for powerful braking
- Rear brake: daisy disc, 220 mm diameter
- Engine brake: Regenerative braking system – to increase the range, by recharging the batteries.
- Electric motor: a 3-phase alternate current, brushless-type, asynchronous, with internal rotor cage. This type of engine has a very high yield, typically greater than 90% at the point of use, and it is maintenance-free, since there are neither sliding contacts, or other electrical parts subject to wear, nor mechanical parts that require lubrication
- Cooling System: Liquid-type, with separate circuits for motor and inverter, to stabilize operating temperature and to allow minimum energy consumption and maximum power. The efficiency of electric motor and inverter are optimal when the operating temperature is constant between 40 and 60 degrees C° centigrade. Better cooling means greater range, consistent performance and optimal battery discharge.
- Rated power: S1 8 kW
- Peak power: S2 24 kW
- Tacita T-Race Torque mappings: Eco: for the least impact on trails; Sport: for maximum driving pleasure; Boost: 60 seconds at full power for dunes or steep climbs
- Tacita T-Race Transmission:
- Change: multiple speed separate gearbox
- Final Reduction: 13*49
- Final Drive: 520 O-ring sealed chain
- Tacita T-Race Power:
- Traction battery: Li-Po rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. Li-po batteries are the most advanced technology available today for traction batteries. They have higher energy density (167 Wh/kg) and a lower weight than other batteries on the market (lead-acid batteries and lithium-iron-phosphate) and have no memory-effect. The batteries will last for the entire life cycle of the bike. After 2,000 charging cycles, (100,000 kms approx. under normal use), the battery packs with a residual capacity of 80%, can be used on the bike, or converted to static-energy storage (e.g. batteries for domestic stand-alone solar panels).
- Number of charges: >2.000 cycles (discharge + recharge)
- Maximum capacity: 10.6 kW
- Charger: 1 Kw portable.
- Optional: 3Kw fast battery charger, to be used in a fixed location. WARNING: For safety and warranty issues, you must recharge the battery exclusively with the original Tacita-approved charger.
- Charging time: 9 hours, with the included portable battery charger (just 3.5 hours with the optional 3Kw stationary charger).
- Ecological recharge by T-Station: same operating modes of charging as via the 220V electrical mode.
This is the purpose of the T-TOURS, starting March 2013; enduro and cross-country trails, through landscapes of great beauty: the Italian Maritime-Alps, Trentino, the Madonie mountains and Mount Etna in Sicily, or between the mountains and stunning seas of Sardinia. Unforgettable routes, great riding pleasure, enjoying scenic and awe-inspiring natural locations, having fun, and, last but not least, savoring the joys of Italian cuisine.For additional information, log onto tacita.it.