RE: Electric motorcycles - 15

It looks like the 2022 H-D LiveWire will be gaining a little weight while loosing a bit of power: https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-features...oses-power.html

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #211

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It looks like the 2022 H-D LiveWire will be gaining a little weight while loosing a bit of power: https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-features...oses-power.html

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Here is the latest electric motorcycle industry news: https://electricmotorcycles.news/industr...s-and-energica/

Motorcycle.com reviews the new H-D MOSH and RUSH electric-assist bicycles: https://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/...first-ride.html

Triumph, with the help of a government grant, a university and a number of consultants have been trying to develop electric motorcycle technology. In the process they have created the TE-1 Prototype. Here is an long article with a lot of words, a lot of spin, a lot of hope (that the money doesn't run out?), a lot of potential, and no noticeable business plan for selling electric motorcycles:
https://www.motorcycle.com/features/triu...-prototype.html

Moving pictures here.

https://youtu.be/h80HQzZlwo8

But no battery capacity, AC charging speeds or rapid charging standard (presumably CCS for the UK).

Zitat von Bunter im Beitrag #216

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Moving pictures here.

https://youtu.be/h80HQzZlwo8

But no battery capacity, AC charging speeds or rapid charging standard (presumably CCS for the UK).

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And the videos regarding the TE-1 project keep on coming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CQfl0kWTt8

The Pursang E-Track looks to be a very well designed and developed ADV-style electric motorcycle. Consumer models are being delivered to the Netherlands, but the linked article doesn't say where else it will be marketed or what the retail cost will be: https://electricmotorcycles.news/first-p...icture-gallery/

Here is Long Way Home's entertaining spin on Triumph's TE-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6JHaYkSx4

The big 4 from Japan have agreed on a swappable battery...
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha to make swappable motorcycle batteries <-- This is a link
Nice to see companies cooperating.

Zitat von jdr im Beitrag #221

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The big 4 from Japan have agreed on a swappable battery...
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha to make swappable motorcycle batteries <-- This is a link
Nice to see companies cooperating.

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #222

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Zitat von jdr im Beitrag #221

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The big 4 from Japan have agreed on a swappable battery...
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha to make swappable motorcycle batteries <-- This is a link
Nice to see companies cooperating.

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Unfortunately, it is the opinion of some in the electric motorcycle community (including me) that swappable batteries only make sense for in-city scooter and small motorcycles in dense urban environments. The concept would just not be workable for highway-useful full size electric motorcycles due to the lack of space and the cost of the infrastructure and staffing needed to provide stations to swap out batteries.

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Zitat von jdr im Beitrag #223

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #222

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Zitat von jdr im Beitrag #221

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The big 4 from Japan have agreed on a swappable battery...
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha to make swappable motorcycle batteries <-- This is a link
Nice to see companies cooperating.

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Unfortunately, it is the opinion of some in the electric motorcycle community (including me) that swappable batteries only make sense for in-city scooter and small motorcycles in dense urban environments. The concept would just not be workable for highway-useful full size electric motorcycles due to the lack of space and the cost of the infrastructure and staffing needed to provide stations to swap out batteries.

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It seems that the main intent of "swappable batteries" between manufacturers is not for replacing your battery on a road trip to have a fresh charge, but instead for having an expensive part of your motorcycle become re-usable from one motorcycle to another when you decide to buy another motorcycle.

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Ducati is backing away from electric motorcycles for now and is going to give alternative fuels a try to power their motorcycle engines, according to this short article.
https://www.engadget.com/ducati-backs-aw...-104508272.html