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Newark, Del., October 28, 2026 — Nucular Electronics Inc. has won the 2026 E-Mobility Award for Best New E-Mobility Technology for its X6F motor controller. The unit fits in roughly the same footprint as a credit card, weighs just 227 grams, and can deliver up to 15 kW of peak power. The award, announced to manufacturers and system integrators across the light EV sector, now puts a decade of in-house power-electronics design in the winner’s circle.
The X6F is not the kind of product built by assembling generic parts from a catalog. Nucular has spent more than ten years designing its own motor controllers, battery management systems, onboard computers, and firmware. The X6F is the latest result of that approach: a compact controller that can drive a high-performance electric dirt bike up a steep mountain trail or handle the demands of a light commercial fleet vehicle.
For Nucular, winning a technology-focused award rather than a design or marketing category is particularly meaningful. The light EV industry has seen a steady flow of rebadged hardware and loud product launches in recent years. By contrast, Nucular has kept its engineering work close to the circuit board, building the X6F from scratch around custom silicon, heavy-copper layers, and its own control software.
The X6F uses Field-Oriented Control to manage a large amount of current in a very small enclosure. The key challenges are heat, electrical noise, and mechanical reliability. The design addresses each one directly.
Heat is removed through top-side cooled MOSFETs, also known as TOLT packages. Instead of forcing heat down through the circuit board, the transistors transfer thermal energy through their top surface into the machined aluminum housing. That means the controller can hold peak power for longer without throttling. In practical terms, a rider climbing a long hill experiences fewer performance drops caused by overheating.
The X6F also uses a separated dual-board architecture. An 8-layer heavy-copper power board handles high current spikes, while a physically separate logic board protects the microcontroller from noise generated by the power stage. Enthusiasts who have tested the controller on high-voltage builds say the difference is visible in stability: no random resets, no glitchy throttle response, and no interference with the display or GPS.
Nucular did not stop at the circuit design. The company wrote its own bare-metal firmware from the ground up, with more than 200 tuning parameters available to riders and builders. That level of control is unusual in the consumer EV market, where many controllers rely on a generic platform with limited adjustment options.
The X6F also connects to the open LEVCAN bus protocol, an ecosystem Nucular developed to allow its controllers, batteries, onboard computers, and displays to communicate without proprietary lock-in. For builders and small manufacturers, this openness makes it easier to integrate the X6F into custom vehicles rather than rebuilding a whole system around one vendor.
Dmitry Bogdanchikov, founder of Nucular Electronics Inc., said the award reflects both engineering persistence and real-world input from the company’s user community.
“Behind every product we release are years of intense engineering, dozens of prototypes, grueling tests, mistakes we had to learn from, and endless revisions of circuit boards and firmware,” Bogdanchikov said. “Just as important is the constant feedback from thousands of riders, builders, and partners around the world who push our hardware to the limit every day and help us make it better.”
A high-power controller is often one of the most expensive parts of a light EV, so durability matters. The X6F includes recessed IP67 waterproof connectors, a field failure rate below 1%, and a 3-year warranty. Nucular says the controller is intended to outlast the vehicle it powers, which is an important consideration for commercial fleets that need to minimize downtime.
The rugged design also appeals to off-road riders. Sealed connectors and a solid aluminum body allow the X6F to survive mud, dust, and pressure-washing far better than a controller with open wiring and plastic clips. For a product designed for electric dirt bikes and trail riding, that is not a small detail.
A 15 kW peak rating in a controller this size changes what designers can do with a light EV. Because the X6F does not require a large external heatsink or a cooling fan, manufacturers have more room to package batteries and other drive components. On two-wheeled vehicles, that can also reduce unsprung mass and simplify frame design.
From a system engineering perspective, the separate power and logic board layout is important. The high switching currents in a 15 kW drive stage can easily corrupt sensitive sensor signals if the controller is poorly designed. By isolating the logic board physically and electrically, Nucular avoided one of the most common failure modes in compact high-power controllers.
The official winner’s trophy is already being shipped to Nucular’s R&D workshop. The company, however, has not slowed down its engineering schedule. Nucular’s current roadmap points toward higher-voltage controller platforms for light commercial vehicles and tighter integration with its own battery management systems. The company has also signaled that LEVCAN support will continue to expand, making it easier for third-party displays, batteries, and vehicle controllers to join the same ecosystem.
The 2026 E-Mobility Award in Best New E-Mobility Technology gives Nucular more than industry recognition. It confirms that the company’s long-term strategy of designing core power electronics in-house can compete with much larger players in the global market. For riders and manufacturers looking for a compact controller that does not compromise on output, reliability, or control, the X6F has now moved from a technical curiosity to an independently recognized benchmark.
Nucular Electronics Inc. designs and manufactures high-performance power electronics for light electric vehicles, including motor controllers, battery management systems, onboard computers, and open communication protocols. More information is available at nucular.tech.
