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FTN Motion
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Wellington-based FTN Motion’s first round of funding is over. 500,000 NZ dollars, the equivalent of 260,000 euros, were collected. That should be enough for a pair of shoes.
FTN Motion
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FTN Motion was founded by three young entrepreneurs from Wellington, New Zealand.
FTN Motion
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Your first work weighs 62 kilos and can travel up to 100 kilometers with a maximum of 50 items.
FTN Motion
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The tubular steel frame carries the battery and the controls, the wheel hub motor has an output of 2.7 HP.
FTN Motion
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Very straightforward design on the FTN, but no footpegs for the pillion passenger.
FTN Motion
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30 liters should fit in the storage compartment above the battery.
FTN Motion
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Tidy and stylish with high quality components. Price: the equivalent of 4,700 euros. Violent.
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Ontop there are still special requests such as individual paintwork.
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The first FTN was probably created and built in the bicycle cellar of Luke and Kendall.
motorcycles
Electric
FTN Motion: Electric city runabout
FTN Motion
City runabout with electric drive
Less is more is the motto of the New Zealand startup FTN Motion. The three makers behind FTN wanted to get away from smog and traffic jams, so they built their own electric motorcycle and raised $ 500,000 from investors in the first round of financing.
Jens Kratschmar
04/12/2021
The three founders of the FTN startup in Wellington collected 500,000 New Zealand dollars, the equivalent of 260,000 euros, in the first round of financing: The prototype, designed and built entirely in the local bicycle cellar, is now to go into series production as a Streetdog.
FTN Motion
50s with a range of 100 km
The FTN team consists of Luke, Kendall and Saskia. Saskai takes care of marketing and strategy, while Luke and Kendall handle engineering, design and manufacturing. Their first creation is based on a double loop frame made of tubular steel that provides space for a 30 liter storage compartment and a battery for a range of over 100 kilometers. The wheel hub motor delivers 2.7 hp and can accelerate the FTN to 50 km / h. The delicate machine weighs only 62 kilograms and can already be ordered in advance. Price: the equivalent of 4,700 euros, one word for a 50cc moped. Shipping to or street legal in Germany were hardly in the specifications of the three FTN makers.
FTN Motion
opinion poll
Which electric concept on two wheels is the right one for you?
Voted 9060 times
If so, then only a powerful electric motorcycle.
I can imagine an electric scooter for commuting and city traffic.
A small, agile electric moped is definitely fun.
None at all.
Conclusion
260,000 euros, a good 30,000 euros over the target. That is the result of the first financing round from FTN Motion. Now the three founders can have the first models certified and put a small series into production.
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