Raptee.HV Slashes Development Time by 30% with SOLIDWORKS

Electric motorcycle manufacturer builds India’s first high-voltage motorcycle compatible with CCS2 car-charging stations by leveraging the SOLIDWORKS Extended portfolio.

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Challenge

Quickly develop, validate, and bring to market anew high-voltage electric motorcycle design with more speed, longer range, and EV-car-compatible charging, which distinguishes it from existing electric motorcycles and two-wheeled vehicles.

Solution

Implement SOLIDWORKS and expanded modeling, design, routing, simulation, data management, product lifecycle management(PLM), collaboration, communication, model-based definition (MBD), rendering, sketching, and surface modeling solutions.

Results

Shortened time to market by 30 percent
Cut development costs by 20 to 30 percent
Reduced prototyping costs and cycles by25 percent via simulation
Decreased engineering change order(ECO) processing time by 30 percent

Raptee Energy Pvt. Ltd., (Raptee.HV) set out to disrupt the Indian electric vehicle (EV) landscape by developing the country’s first high-voltage electric motorcycle compatible with CCS2 car-charging stations. The result—the Raptee T30 motorcycle—redefines performance standards for electric two-wheelers with a top speed of 80+ mph and a 120+ mile range. Raptee’s high voltage technology, “HV-TEC,” utilizes a high-voltage battery with significant advantages.

Raptee integrated operations into the SOLIDWORKS extended portfolio

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SOLIDWORKS

While our designers and engineers initially used other software, overtime we transitioned predominantly to SOLIDWORKS software. Then, in early2024, we began using the expanded solutions on the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform and fully integrated our operations into the SOLIDWORKS ecosystem. ... We chose it because we wanted to transition to a cloud-based solution to accommodate our growing company strength.
Dinesh Arjun
CEO

Speeding to Market

Raptee leveraged SOLIDWORKS Simulation capabilities to cut the T30’s development timeline by nearly a third. The company also cut development costs by 20 to 30 percent and prototyping costs by 25 percent while reducing the number of prototyping iterations. SOLIDWORKS also helped the team optimize the design based on the manufacturing process used.

Streamlined Collaboration with SOLIDWORKS

Dinesh attributes these productivity gains to the tight integration between the solutions, which enables data to be leveraged in multiple ways, along with the improved collaboration afforded by data management in the cloud.

Dinesh explains, “This improvement is due to streamlined collaboration, faster design iterations, and reduced prototyping, which enable quicker product development and faster launch times.”

Managing the Data Matters

The cloud-based platform also delivered powerful data management capabilities that cut engineering change order processing times by 30 percent. “Moving to the cloud for data management was essential for maintaining version history within the product development team and improving communication across teams,” notes Dinesh. “It also eliminated the need to maintain heavy servers, significantly easing administrative work and IT management.”

Changing the Game

Raptee’s decision to adopt Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Extended was not just about upgrading design tools; it was a strategic move to scale efficiently, collaborate seamlessly, and bring a truly innovative EV product to market faster than anyone else. “At Raptee.HV, speed and efficiency are critical, and the SOLIDWORKS Extended portfolio has been a game-changer for us,” Dinesh concludes. “We highly value this partnership as it empowers us to push boundaries and bring cutting-edge technology to the market faster.”