A rectangular battery block claims the space in the chassis that a compact machine needs for its components, and puts its weight where the machine cannot use it. The Kiwi Battery Pack is shaped for the machine: around the motor, on the housing, outside the frame.
Patent pending
Shaped around the drive motor, the Kiwi Battery Pack uses the surface of the housing that one or two block packs leave empty, so the chassis keeps its room for dust extraction, water tanks and the electronics that autonomous operation will need. The battery's weight sits centred above the working head, where it adds balance and working pressure. Because the pack sits on the housing, it lifts off without opening the frame.
One pack family, fixed or swappable. 1.5 kWh, with a 1.0 kWh version in development. Designed to scale across compact machine categories and future variants without redesigning the machine.
Pack, controller and machine on one CAN bus: pack status, power limits and diagnostics as one dataset. Prepared for an advanced communication protocol, and for the remote diagnostics and fleet functions that come with it.
Lithium iron phosphate for safety, cycle life and thermal stability. And a chemistry with momentum: much of today's cell development happens in LFP, so the platform stays future-proof.
The Kiwi Battery Pack comes as part of the Kiwi drive system, engineered together with the machine builder for their machine.
1.5 kW motor. Permanent-magnet motors in two speeds, 1500 rpm and 3000 rpm. Same flange and shaft, so one machine design can take either.
Matched controller. A sine-wave controller characterised for both motors. Pack, controller and machine on one CAN bus.