{"id":18535,"date":"2022-03-26T08:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18535"},"modified":"2022-03-26T08:20:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T12:20:44","slug":"cakes-electric-motorcycles-could-soon-be-even-greener-with-paper-body-panels-instead-of-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18535","title":{"rendered":"Cake’s electric motorcycles could soon be even greener with paper body panels instead of plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cake, the Swedish company known for its electric dirt bikes, street motorcycles and mopeds, has just announced a new partnership with PaperShell that could see the motorcycle manufacturer asking customers upon checkout, \u201cPaper or plastic?\u201d<\/p>\n

The technological partnership between PaperShell and Cake could see the former\u2019s material make its way into the latter\u2019s motorbike body panels.<\/p>\n

PaperShell<\/a> fancies its natural fiber composite as a structural material that is stronger than plastic while offering a lower impact on the environment.<\/p>\n

Compared the carbon footprint of polypropylene at 4.95 kg CO2e per kg and fiberglass\u2019s even higher 25.05 kg CO2e per kg, PaperShell\u2019s natural fiber composite touts an impressively small 0.65 kg CO2e per kg.<\/p>\n

According to Cake, the company will work with PaperShell to evaluate the properties of the new material and how it can be used to replace certain plastics already used for Cake bikes.<\/p>\n

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As Cake CEO Stefan Ytterborn explained:<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/em>Cake\u00a0was founded to inspire towards a zero-emission society and this naturally involves carefully investigating the best possible materials for use in our electric bikes. We\u2019re excited to work with PaperShell and hope that we can play a crucial part in finding a material that can minimize or even eradicate the use of conventional plastics in our motorcycles. This is a collaboration that ultimately will benefit the entire vehicle industry and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

PaperShell sounds equally excited, as CEO Anders Breitholtz expanded:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are happy to partner with\u00a0Cake\u00a0and look forward to further evolving PaperShell into a material that will make the use of plastic a thing of the past. We can\u2019t think of a more perfectly challenging testbed for our material than the industry leading electric off-road motorcycle and look forward to developing further PaperShell\u2019s inherent resistance to fluids, UV-radiation, weather and fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cake is coming off a string of new announcements lately. In addition to interesting new accessories for the brand\u2019s Makka line of electric mopeds<\/a>, the company recently unveiled a new line of work-oriented electric two-wheelers.<\/a><\/p>\n

The line uses nearly all of the brand\u2019s models, from the Kalk electric dirt bikes<\/a> to the Osa electric motorcycles<\/a> and even the new Makka electric mopeds.<\/a><\/p>\n

The company also recently announced big funding news,<\/a> plus a partnership with Polestar that put Cake\u2019s electric mopeds on the back of electric cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The electric motorcycle industry is rapidly expanding<\/a>, but paper-based body panels may still be a first!<\/p>\n

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Cake\u2019s Work lineup with heavy duty racks installed on the brand\u2019s electric motorbikes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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