Energica in AI project partnership with Cellularline and Alascom
Italian high-performance electric sport bike manufacturer Energica Motor Company has started a technological collaboration with Cellularline and Alascom for an innovative AI project - one that will be developed on Energica motorcycles, but can easily be adapted to any electric vehicle.
The project is aimed at developing a communication protocol between the Energica riders and Cellularline-Interphone products through the Alascom app downloaded on the mobile phone.
"Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly growing trend, especially in the interaction between rider and vehicle," said Giampiero Testoni, CTO Energica Motor Company S.p.A.
"We have been pursuing innovation for years, and thanks to this innovative communication protocol, the rider can easily find information on his/her vehicle without distractions. For the development of this project, we relied on industry leaders such as Cellularline and Alascom."
"Innovation and safety have always distinguished Interphone products," says Emilio Sezzi, Group Chief Operating Officer Cellularline S.p.A. and Interphone B.U. Director.
"We are confident that the collaboration with Energica and Alascom will result in increasingly high-performance solutions dedicated to motorbikers, so that the aim on two wheels is to enjoy the ride."
"A riding experience with a new dimension," says Marco Scuri, CEO Alascom S.r.l. "Alascom uses Artificial Intelligence to create a voice assistant for the Energica bike with intuitive voice commands to check and control the essential features of the bike. Alascom is convinced that the partnership with Energica and Cellularline will lead to a new driving experience."
In other news, at the end of February Energica announced that its 2021 order book was already 49.7% of the value of its full year 2020 business (at over € 2.9m in orders), with 30% of them coming from USA.
The company's north American HQ recently relocated to a new 330 sqm facility in South San Francisco and now has 12 dealers in USA, the newest of which is Energica of New England outside Boston at Gardner, Massachusetts.
New England has seen a doubling of electric vehicle ownership (to 30,000 EV in operation) and new charging station construction (there are now nearly 6,500) in the last two years. Massachusetts is the third richest state in USA and has committed itself to having 300,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025, which would be around a 23% share of new car purchases in that year.
The first batch of MY2021 Energica models (which have already been sold) left the company's Modena, Italy HQ for USA in March.
Energica continues to raise capital, including an equity investment (1.6 million shares) worth some € 11m by New York based Ideanomics - a NASDAQ listed global company that specialises in facilitating the adoption of commercial electric vehicles and supports next generation financial services and fintech products on a sales-to-financing-to-charging (S2F2C) basis in high growth potential markets.
In Italy, Energica has deepened its international partnership with Total Lubricants. Total Italia has chosen the Energica HQ at Modena as the first location for the installation of 11 of its latest generation 22 kw charging stations at the factory.
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