RE: Electric motorcycles - 3

Zero had a stand at the recent bike show at Birmingham. I didn't have much time to have a good look as the show was about to close.
Prices started at about £10000 and had a five year warranty. There were three models on display.
I think the company has a base in Norfolk.
This is Bravo country where cars are witchcraft and electricity yet to be introduced.
God help them.
Alan

Check out this review of the Ubco 2-wheel drive electric utility vehicle. Very functional, but not all that exciting and not very cheap, either:

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/no...tric-trail-bike

I really got excited when I first saw a picture of this nice sized bike. I had a vision of a modern. lighter replacement for the Ricon 2 wheel drive off road bike which has been around for years.
I was shocked at the price.

The idea is a good one. More development is needed to be sure. Hope the costs comes down. I'd buy one to putt (oops silence!) around the farm and logging roads.

The hub mounted motors eliminate the power transmission issues, but it greatly increases the suspension design challenge with the unsprung weight.

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #34

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The hub mounted motors eliminate the power transmission issues, but it greatly increases the suspension design challenge with the unsprung weight.

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #35

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #34

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The hub mounted motors eliminate the power transmission issues, but it greatly increases the suspension design challenge with the unsprung weight.

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But not so much when your top speed is only 30 mph and a more typical speed would be 20 mph.

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I saw this DIY electric moped today. It was built by a teenager in a local high school shop class. I thought it was a nice job and it got the owner up into the Santa Cruz Mountains to Alice's Restaurant, where he was recharging the batteries while having breakfast.

Here is a link to the announcement by Zero Motors regarding their electric power train components being used in the Swiss 4-wheel E-Qooder.
https://electricmotorcycles.news/zero-mo...r-new-e-qooder/

The E-Qooder might fly in Europe and some other countries, but you won't see it in the U.S. unless they remove a wheel.

Zitat von Holger im Beitrag #39

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #38

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Here is a link to the announcement by Zero Motors regarding their electric power train components being used in the Swiss 4-wheel E-Qooder.
https://electricmotorcycles.news/zero-mo...r-new-e-qooder/

The E-Qooder might fly in Europe and some other countries, but you won't see it in the U.S. unless they remove a wheel.

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Really funny - they have mounted this tricycle also a ugly GS duck's bill

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #32

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Check out this review of the Ubco 2-wheel drive electric utility vehicle. Very functional, but not all that exciting and not very cheap, either:

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/no...tric-trail-bike

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Here is the latest big e-bike idea, an electric "scrambler". The "World's first". Kind of like a heavy electric mountain bike. But I do like the seat. Not a bad price for an e-bike, considering what you are getting in the way of a chassis and power train, though. And made in Canada, instead of China, no less.

It is amazing how many random electric vehicles are being introduced on the internet. It will be even more amazing if more than a few of these big ideas ever make money for their inventors. https://electricmotorcycles.news/suru-in...rambler-e-bike/

Speaking of that sort of thing, I wonder how BMW's electric bicycle is selling? I have yet to see on at my local dealership.

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #43

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Speaking of that sort of thing, I wonder how BMW's electric bicycle is selling? I have yet to see on at my local dealership.

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Speaking of Energica electric motorcycles, my BMW dealer has been selling them for the past 18 months - probably as they feel comfortable about the pricing, which is right up there with new GS models.

Attached are photos that I took about a year ago of the Energica bikes in their showroom. I get the impression from the sales manager that they are selling about one bike a month, some of which have gone out of state to places like Texas. Really nice motorcycles and very technologically advanced compared with my Zero, but they have a very limited range if you use anything like the potential of their powertrain. On the other hand, they can fast charge using a 480V DC system, in addition to 240 and 120 volt alternatives. One thing that I don't like about them, besides the price and lack of range, it their weight, which is about 100 pounds more than my RS.