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title: "Kawasaki patents new electric motorcycle with clever motor modularity"
type: "News"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/278355452.md"
description: "Kawasaki has patented a new electric motorcycle design featuring a modular mounting system that allows for multiple motor types to fit within the same frame. This innovative approach contrasts with traditional designs where the motor and battery are integral to the chassis, potentially limiting model flexibility. The new design resembles Kawasaki's existing Z e-1 and Ninja e-1 models, incorporating a steel trellis frame and removable battery packs, but introduces an intermediate subframe for motor attachment."
datetime: "2026-03-09T08:26:50.000Z"
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# Kawasaki patents new electric motorcycle with clever motor modularity

Kawasaki may have taken its sweet time to slowly bring us the most basic level of commuter electric motorcycles, but a new patent shows that the company has quietly been working on more advanced designs that could signify a major leap in development for the company.

It is important to note that most electric motorcycles are designed around their powertrains in a fairly integrated way. In some cases, the motor and battery pack become structural elements within the chassis itself, meaning the frame is effectively designed around a specific motor configuration. That approach works well for performance and rigidity, but it can limit flexibility if a manufacturer wants to create multiple models with different motors.

Kawasaki’s newly published patent, as noted by _Cycle World’s_ Ben Purvis, proposes a different idea: a modular mounting system that allows multiple motor types to fit within the same motorcycle frame.

The basic design outwardly resembles Kawasaki’s existing Z e-1 and Ninja e-1 electric motorcycles, featuring a steel trellis frame with removable battery packs positioned between the frame rails and a motor mounted near the swingarm pivot. But instead of bolting the motor unit directly to the frame, the patent introduces an intermediate subframe.

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