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CES 2025: Qualcomm Chips for Two-Wheelers and Last-Mile Services

The cooperation between Royal Enfield (including its electric subsidiary Flying Flea) and Qualcomm opens up new perspectives for the two-wheeler and last-mile delivery market as well as scooter sharing.

Externally just a round instrument - underneath lies a whole control unit. | Photo: J. Soller
Externally just a round instrument - underneath lies a whole control unit. | Photo: J. Soller
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In the two-wheeler sector, Snapdragon is also aiming to "snap" up new customers and applications, here in the form of the QWM2290 System-on-Chip (SoC) and the Snapdragon Car-to-Cloud platform. The Royal Enfield subsidiary Flying Flea is set to become one of the first two-wheeler platforms to integrate connected service technology via the Snapdragon Car-to-Cloud platform.

An (affordable) chip especially for two-wheelers

The Snapdragon QWM2290 SoC has been specially developed for two-wheelers and is expected to bring a truly "connected" experience to Flying Flea's motorcycles, as Nakul Duggal, Group GM, Automotive, Industrial, and Cloud, Qualcomm Technologies, explained to us. But aren't the expensive chips too costly for the two-wheeler sector? Duggal denied this, as the Snapdragon family is a broad hardware and software platform, and the former can also be "affordable."

Motorcycles with voice assistance – why not?

The new QWM2290 SoC powers the central vehicle control unit, which runs an internally developed operating system from Flying Flea. The whole system is controlled by the interactive "True Round TFT-Cluster" including voice assistance! The Snapdragon QWM2290 SoC and Snapdragon Car-to-Cloud are meant to enable seamless communication between the rider and the machine through safe multimodal interaction - on and off the motorcycle, with 4G, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi connectivity. This makes the system perfect for group motorcycle trips, motorcycle rentals, but also professional applications in the B2B sector. We’re also considering courier services.

Basically, the machine has five preset riding modes. And, of course, you can use the mobile phone as a smart key to unlock and start Flying Flea. According to Duggal, you can program various other functions and: the entire system is, of course, capable of long-term over-the-air updates. Mario Alvisi, Chief Growth Officer, Electric Vehicles, from Royal Enfield explained:

"Flying Flea is more than a new brand from Royal Enfield – it is a completely new approach in which we are investing in groundbreaking infrastructure."

New Ideas for the Last Mile

The aim is to also set a new benchmark for connectivity, performance, and riding experience, which is important for leisure motorcycling. But is this exactly what riders of the rather traditionally oriented brand Royal Enfield want, even if the subsidiary is very modern? This is where Nimish Shrivastava, Senior Director, Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies, comes into play, who thinks similarly to us in the B2B business by explaining that connected services are currently changing the markets for two-wheelers and micromobility. Here, the primary focus is not on riding experiences, but rather on real-time diagnostics, advanced navigation, and personalized riding modes.

What does this mean?

The two-wheelers have not been the main focus of the latest chip technology until now – Qualcomm showed us with the Royal Enfield subsidiary "Flying Flea" where the journey could go. And especially for last-mile and the sharing society, new potentials are emerging here.

Translated automatically from German.
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