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Video: The Silence S01 Basic is an electric motorcycle a little less powerful than the S01, with almost the same autonomy and for 1,000 euros less
2024 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-10 16:34
After the arrival of so tough competitors Like Super Soco CPx and NIU MQi GT, Silence, the Spanish company belonging to the Acciona group, has launched a basic version of its famous Silence S01 for 4,000 euros thanks to the Moves III plan.
It's about the Silence S01 Basic, a model that dispenses with some elements to lower the price of the final product and establish a new version of access to its range. Despite dispensing with some of its benefits, the S01 Basic is still a very complete motorcycle with 100 km of autonomy and a maximum speed of 85 km / h.
Silence S01 Basic: cheaper but just as competent
The Spanish manufacturer has just launched on the market a product that is just as round as the rest of its range but at a price that it has been lowered 1,000 euros compared to the standard version. To achieve this, it has left behind certain characteristics but that does not mean that it is no longer a recommended product.
In fact, with this model the brand intends to open its public, reaching more people, but ensuring that their trips are eminently urban. To reduce its price, the first thing Silence has done is remove the color options, leaving only the white variant.
In addition, it has reduced its benefits but in a very slight way. If in the normal Silence S01 (now called Connected) we had a 7 kW motor power and a battery with a capacity of 5.4 kWh, in the new Basic its power rises to 5 kW while its battery places its capacity at 4.1 kWh.
This means that, if the Silence S01 Connected could reach a maximum speed of 100 km / h and an approved range of 127 km, the Silence S01 Basic model will be able to travel 100 km on a single charge at a maximum speed of 85 km / h. Figures that barely differ but represent considerable savings for small tours of the city.
Another change that users of the Silence S01 will notice with respect to the basic version is the impossibility of connecting the smartphone to our motorcycle through the My Silence app, since in this cost reduction it has been one of the sections that it has dispensed with. Another cut that it has suffered has to do with its driving modes, since in the Silence S01 Connected it enjoys up to three different ones (ECO / CITY / SPORT) while the Basic will only do the first two.
However, future owners of this electric motorcycle will continue to have the rest of the characteristic benefits of this model such as the removable trolley-type battery, the flat floor, the high wheel, the large load capacity or the motor integrated in the rear wheel. All this for a price of 4,000 euros including aid from Plan Moves III. Otherwise, this version will place its price at 5,100 euros.
Carlos Sotelo, founder and CEO of the company commented that this is only the first of the new versions that will arrive for next year: "We want to have a Silence S01 for each type of user. With BASIC, we intend to reach those people who make a very urban use. For this reason, we offer this new version, an Entry Price but with remarkable performance and autonomy. Soon, we will launch a new proposal, at the opposite extreme, which will seek to satisfy people who make more intensive use and require greater benefits. In addition, this Premium version will have some much more exclusive components ".
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