Royal Enfield’s Flying Flea electric motorcyles to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon QWM2290 SoC and car-to-cloud platform

Royal Enfield’s Flying Flea to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon QWM2290 SoC and car-to-cloud platform
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Royal Enfield’s new electric motorcycle brand, Flying Flea, will leverage Qualcomm’s Snapdragon QWM2290 system-on-chip (SoC) and Snapdragon car-to-cloud platform into its upcoming line of motorcycles to bring real-time connectivity, intuitive controls.

The Snapdragon QWM2290 system-on-chip will be integrated into the Flying Flea C6 first for the connected solutions and integrated cluster interface.

In November last year, Royal Enfield announced two electric bikes under the Flying Flea banner: the C6 and the S6.

“With technology partners like Qualcomm Technologies, we intend to combine distinctive style with cutting-edge technology to deliver a product that would become one of the most advanced electric two-wheelers to come to market,” the motorcycle maker said.

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According to Royal Enfield, the Snapdragon QMW2290 SoC powers the core vehicle control unit running an in-house operating system, developed by Flying Flea, that enables the motorcycle to manage all aspects of the vehicle and ride experience through the interactive true round TFT cluster.

The Snapdragon QWM2290 SoC and Snapdragon car-to-cloud give the Flying Flea an ability to maintain seamless communication between the rider and the machine through a secure multi-modal interaction, both on and off the motorcycle with 4G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, the company said.

“This allows to maximise the potential of the cluster and develop a simple and intuitive UI (user interface) and UX (user experience), including a dedicated Voice Assist button.”

The motorcycle comes with five pre-set ride modes and allows the rider to customize the ride mode combinations based on the rider’s requirement and terrain. It also allows the system to recognize and enable mobile phone as a smart key to unlock and start the vehicle.