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CHARGE AND BATTERIES
This chapter covers the Battery
modules, the battery management
and the charging management of the
motorbike.
The Volta is powered by electric energy.
To supply and manage this energy, your
Volta is equipped with a Battery pack,
which contains:
1) 20 rechargeable Lithium Polymer
battery modules. This technology
provides the bike with high energy, light
weight and long cycle life without the
fear of thermal runaway event under
abusive conditions. Each battery module
is rated for a total of 3.1Kw on board.
Each cell has a nominal cell voltage of 3.7
volts for a total battery stack voltage
of 74 volts. Under normal operating
conditions, your Volta’s battery modules
are rated for 1.500 charging cycles.
2)A Battery Management System (BMS)
monitors each battery module’s state
of charge, current, cell voltage and
temperature.
3) An on board charger designed to
operate with all standard house-hold
outlets (110v – 220v). Normal charge
time is just over 4 hours if the battery
is fully depleted.
The battery pack is a sealed unit.
It has a factory seal that cannot
be removed. The manipulation of
the battery pack is absolutely
forbidden by risk of serious hurt
or death. Any kind of manipulation
not authorized by Volta nullifies
the warranty.
WARNING
Optimizing batteries:
By following the tips below, one can
assure long life and best performance
of your Volta’s battery pack.
- Operate your Volta at temperatures
between 0ºC and 40ºC. Out of this
temperatures range, the bike it’s still
operative to the limits of usage, -20ºC
and 60ºC, but the performance of the
bike can be reduced due to the extreme
conditions.
- Due to the cell balance needed,
leave your Volta powered up in charge
mode with A/C power connected
to maximize your battery modules
performance. Leave the bike connected
DO NOT consume more energy, the BMS
disconnects the power automatically
once the bike is charged and the cells
balanced.
- Charge battery modules fully prior to
long term storage.
- If the bike has been stored for more
than three months, charge it fully
before use it.