The only eBike that can fully charge in under 15 minutes
Our mission
Founded in 2023, Morelle is composed of experts in advanced lithium ion batteries, mechanical engineering, and mobility. Morelle is addressing the unmet challenges of weight reduction, fast charging and ease of operations to make electric micromobility an essential form of transport and to make robotics more ubiquitous.
Our technology
Our electric micromobility platform utilizes advanced fast charging silicon-based batteries (originally developed for aviation applications) and novel micromobility fast chargers. Our first product will the world’s first eBike with true fast charging capabilities (<15min charge time).
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Fast charging is much more valuable when you can fast charge every cycle, for the life of the application. Our technology is very durable, demonstrating the ability to fast charge every cycle for over 1,000 cycles — but we want to make it better. We have developed a proprietary machines learning model that constantly remotely monitors the health of the battery and dynamically provides improvement to battery life based on individual use profiles.
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Morelle’s core technology starts with the battery chemistry, most notably a silicon-based anode (versus graphite in standard batteries). Silicon has 10X the capacity of graphite but often has challenges with durability – our cells are unique in their ability to simultaneously exhibit high power, high energy, high charge rates, without compromising cycle life.
The ability to truly fast charge the battery is valuable for so many applications as it completely changes the operability and economics of small mobility applications. Our first eBike will have a 350 watt hour battery pack with the ability to be charged at 50A.
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Every non-Morelle eBike in the world charges at a rate of 100-300W — this is what we call ‘Level M1’ (‘M’ for micromobility). Morelle utilizes Level M2 (1000-1200W) and Level M3 (over 1500W) chargers — setting the bar for eBike fast charging.
Morelle has embedded hardware and software in the charger to run diagnostics on the battery to optimize cycle life by adjusting charge protocols, in real time.
Morelle believes we can incorporate small compact chargers in optimized locations based upon users habits. More importantly, we plan to augment existing (EV) level 2 chargers (mechanically and with software) for micromobility charging.
Our Team
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Prior to Morelle, Michael was the Chief Business Officer at Ionblox, an advanced lithium-ion battery company. At Ionblox, Michael successfully raised over $80M in equity financing and secured contracts with large automotive and aviation companies, along with numerous grants from the US Department of Energy. Prior to Ionblox, Michael was the Director of Business Development at Envia Systems, where he successfully negotiated development and licensing contracts for lithium battery technology and products. Prior to that, Michael founded Molecular ID Systems, a company that developed portable bacterial diagnostic devices. He has also held several finance positions at Hewlett Packard. Michael earned a B.S. in Finance from Santa Clara University, a M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Kevin Hays is a battery scientist and engineer who specializes in fast charge battery technology. With 15 years of experience in the battery field, he has been published in over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, cited more than 800 times, and granted several US patents. After receiving his PhD in Chemistry from The George Washington University, he transitioned to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to work in the Battery Manufacturing Facility. At Ionblox, he has also led a team tasked with designing and scaling an advanced silicon-based lithium-ion battery for a well known electric aviation company. Aside from the battery field, Kevin is an avid cyclist and passionate about bringing alternative electric mobility to the masses.
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Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee Gary Fisher has been at the forefront of bicycling since the 60s. His legendary status in mountain biking began when an ambitious group of friends and riders from Marin, California started designing and building off-road bicycles they called "klunkers," and racing them down the steep dirt roads of Mt. Tamalpais.
Gary won the Masters' XC National title and the brutal European TransAlp race. Which means that he's out testing his bikes day in and day out to design better and faster bicycles for you. Gary Fisher and his collection of bicycles have always led the way on the technological front. From Gary's partnership with Charlie Kelly, which created the first mountain bike, to his promotion of the 29er (the off-road bikes with bigger wheels that roll so well), to the creation of Fisher's Genesis and Genesis2 Geometry (which gives you perfect handling on both the ups and downs), Gary continues to be one step ahead. His genius covers more than just fat-tired mountain bikes, too, Gary leverages his vast bicycle knowledge into road, cyclocross and commuter designs as well. Fisher teamed up with Trek Bicycles in 1993 to offer the Gary Fisher Collection.
