EV motorcycle has arrived

[Rae Vynn]

Here is a newstory this morning, with video:
http://www.king5.com/localnews/environment...C.ce0b678e.html

I think it's cute

[priussoris]

Not a bad looking Electric motorcycle..
wish they had gone into more detail about the bike though.

[Miss_Taz]

Darn -- you guys had got me all excited!!! It's actually not a motorcycle, though... It's a scooter.

But at least they're getting CLOSE!

:-)

There's also a link from that article to the mfg site:

http://www.vectrix.com/default.aspx

[hycamguy07]

Did anyone else see the "cool Fuel program on the science channel last night?

They had a guy riding a full sized EV harley look a like... It could go 60 miles at 55mph but it took like 6-8 hours to recharge.


http://motorcyclecity.com/electric-h...ectric-hog.htm



http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/new...amp;R=EPI-93090

[Vagabond]

It's a scooter

It's not hard to get a bike up to 100mph, why can't they make one already that's EV or hybrid??

[Danny Hamilton]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Vagabond @ Aug 9 2007, 04:22 PM) [snapback]493217[/snapback]</div>

It's a scooter

It's not hard to get a bike up to 100mph, why can't they make one already that's EV or hybrid??
[/b]

I have no idea what sort of range it gets since it is used pretty much just for 1/4 mile drag racing, but anybody see this EV motorcycle yet?

0 to 60 in 1.04 seconds, top speed 155.78

http://www.killacycle.com/

[jhinton]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Vagabond @ Aug 9 2007, 04:22 PM) [snapback]493217[/snapback]</div>

It's a scooter

It's not hard to get a bike up to 100mph, why can't they make one already that's EV or hybrid??
[/b]

You're wait is over, there is a full size EV motorcycle available. It is made by Brammo engineering the same company that sells the Atom car in the US.

Their motorcycle is called the enertia and a carbon fiber framed limited edition model will be available 1st quarter of '08 for $14,995. A steel framed version will be available in the 3rd quarter for $11,995



http://www.enertiabike.com/

The Specs:

Top Speed 50 mph
0-30 in 3.8 seconds
45 miles range at 25 mph
29 mile range at 32 mph
6 lithium Phosphate battery modules from Valence Technologies

That is expensive considering that you can get this:



http://www.electricmotorsport.com/Motard/motard.htm

It is Electric Motorsport's Super Motard that is available for $5800

The Specs:
Top Speed 45 to 62 mph (depending on your selected gearing)
20 miles range at 52 mph w/ 165 lb rider (48V 33 Ah SLA battery pack)
They are working on LiFePO4 batteries

[Vagabond]

That's a great step, but still not enough to replace my bike right now. If it can't do freeway speeds, I'm flat!

[alexstarfire]

I'm assuming they can't do a hybrid motorcycle because there is jsut too much stuff to pack in there. I don't think you can get an ICE, electric motor, battery pack, and all the hybrid stuff onto a motorcycle.

[jhinton]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Alexstarfire @ Aug 9 2007, 08:43 PM) [snapback]493320[/snapback]</div>

I'm assuming they can't do a hybrid motorcycle because there is jsut too much stuff to pack in there. I don't think you can get an ICE, electric motor, battery pack, and all the hybrid stuff onto a motorcycle.
[/b]

You assume wrong. Piaggio has announced plans for hybrid version of their 2 and 3 wheel scooters.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/7730/

No reason you can't do the same thing with a motorcycle.