Silence's tiny car here in August and for NIS 80,000 (photo: manufacturer's website)
While in the car market the electric cars register a major onslaught with a market share of 10% in 2022 and 16% in 2023, in the two-wheeled market the numbers of the electric tools are significantly smaller.
In 2022, electric motorcycles and scooters will account for less than 2% of the 21,000 two-wheelers sold.
In 2023, the market share of Goguru, Zap, Blitz and NIU tools will reach 4%.
This image will be tried to be changed by a new-old importer in the field of two-wheelers, they are called XI Mobility from the Crystallino Group, which until now has focused on the field of electric scooters and bicycles, and is now attacking the field of electric scooters and motorcycles with no less than 4 Chinese electric two-wheeler brands.
Doohan will offer the three-wheeled iTANK (Photo: Kenan Cohen)
The idea behind the importer's move is to set up a showroom in the concept of one place for a large number of small transportation solutions.
From scooters to electric motorcycles and in between scooters designed for the private and institutional market.
At this point in the importer's showroom you can find four brands, Doohan, Tromox, Supr soco and Silence which, at least in some cases, look unsurprisingly similar to familiar tools from Vespa, Honda and more.
All vehicles, even the fastest ones that reach 100 km/h are limited in their use to short-term urban or suburban use.
The electric vehicles are all defined as those corresponding to the lowest license level - A2, equivalent to the 125 cc scooters, allowing significantly lower maintenance costs than gasoline vehicles in the form of a "refueling" cost of between NIS 3 and 5, licensing and insurance for a 50 cm vehicle "K, average treatment cost of about NIS 250 at intervals of six months or 5,000 km, which can be obtained at the customer's home for an additional fee. Warranty? Two years or 24,000 km for the scooter, 30,000 km and three years for the battery.
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The Super Soco VS1 is a dedicated courier tool (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
The price range starts from NIS 17,000 for the doohan URANUS, a Vespa-like retro-classic looking scooter that offers a range of up to 100 official kilometers using its two batteries and an even more modest top speed of up to 80 km/h.
Another model of the manufacturer is the three-wheeled iTank that offsets the range to 70 km and the speed to 75 km/h.
The price: 20 thousand shekels.
Both tools have removable batteries, which are charged within three hours.
To the business sector of the errands field - the current prominent customers of electric tools - the importer offers the Super Soco VS1, which is offered in a "charger" configuration with preparation for front and rear racks, the option to travel with one or two batteries, a maximum range of 140 km and a maximum speed of 80 km/h.
Another tool produced by the company is the CPX which is aimed at the field of fancy urban scooters, the so-called "executive scooters".
The tool is equipped with a built-in alarm, reverse button, keyless drive and more.
The range is 140 km and the maximum speed is 90 km/h.
The battery is also removable and the charging time is 3.5 hours.
The price: 21 thousand shekels.
SOCO CPX scooter: managers on electricity (photo: Keinan Cohen)
And for those who want their electricity in the form of a motorcycle, Super Soco offers the TC-MAX in a naked design reminiscent of Honda's "coffee" motorcycles - here the performance is a range of up to 120 km and a maximum speed of 100 km/h.
The price climbs to NIS 29,000.
One of the flagship brands of the importer are the scooters of the Spanish Silence, which manufactures the electric two-wheeled vehicles of the car manufacturer Seat for its house brand Mo.
The brand's models, three in number, use the same base in different versions.
The S01 with a declared range of 135 km and a maximum speed of 100 km/h and the S01+ with the same range and a more powerful engine, which allows a maximum speed of 115 km/h. The third version is the S02 dedicated to missions with an exceptional loading capacity of up to 330 kg without losing the declared range of 135 km. Prices: starting at NIS 25,000 for the S02 intended for errands, NIS 28,000 for the S01, go to NIS 33,000 for the S01+.
A unique feature of the Silence is a removable battery mounted on a trolley that facilitates its mobility and the fact that it contains a built-in internal charger.
According to the manufacturer, the battery can be used as a portable power source to operate electric tools.
The TC-MAX is reminiscent of Honda's small tools (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
Currently, the electric scooter market is still waiting for a breakthrough, one that will come when they come to the table with an offer not only for lower maintenance costs, but also with a shell for the use of gasoline-powered tools and, of course, after several years of their acceptance into the lap of the conservative and suspicious market that has already been burned by unknown manufacturers that came and they went
At the importer, they are not necessarily counting on riders converting their gasoline scooters to electric ones, but on what they see as the unrealized potential of tens of thousands of two-wheeler license holders who currently do not ride due to a variety of reasons, including the high maintenance costs.
The Silence with a removable battery on a trolley cart (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
But for those, a fourth model of the company called S04 may wink, an interesting card and it does not come on two wheels but on four.
This is a tiny, two-seater electric vehicle.
how tiny
2.28 meters long (less than the wheelbase of a mini car), 1.29 cm wide and 1.59 meters high. This is an addition of 41 cm to the wheelbase of the Smart Porto, which, on the other hand, is longer by 51 cm. These dimensions allow
it A turning radius of 3.5 meters - a little more than the width of an average lane.
According to the manufacturer, it guarantees a level of quality, finish and also technology at a European level, including LED lighting, an audio system with Bluetooth and air conditioning. Safety? It's
better than a scooter, but you won't find airbags here And no automatic braking. There is ABS, but this is a quadricycle-licensed vehicle, and tools in this category that were tested in the European crash test received poor marks, even if they received a mild test. Perhaps the silence will surprise.
The removable batteries guarantee a range of 150 km and a maximum speed of 90 km/h.
Like the scooters produced by the company, the battery here can also be disassembled and carried in a cart for home charging without a stand.
Because it is a small vehicle licensing tool, it is limited in Israel to travel on urban roads, but benefits from an extremely low licensing fee, NIS 64.
The Silence 04 is the latest development of the manufacturer (photo: manufacturer website)
The price of the S04, which may be the really interesting news in terms of a completely new breed of city vehicle, will be around NIS 80,000.
Which will make it one of the cheapest electric vehicles in Israel, although it is not certain that it will really be a real competition in light of its envelope of capabilities that will leave it mainly in the crowded cities as a modern successor to the Smart.
Will it be a tool that will change the local perception regarding urban mobility on 4 wheels?
We won't have to wait long, since according to Hivanit we will see him here already this August.
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