June 12, 2010: Electric Bike
You've probably see bicycles fitted with an auxiliary electric motor, or bicycles/mopeds designed with electric motors.
This ain't them. http://cellar.org/2010/electricbike.jpg Quote:
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Wow! I'm going to buy stock in the word 'custom'. I got a feeling it will be THE word to own in 2010. It might even be bigger than 'issues'.
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So if they came out with a street version, I wonder how many miles it would get on a single battery.
Also, say an owner installed 50 square feet of solar panel on his/her roof? How long until the battery was charged? |
If you were a desert dwellar this sort of vehicle would be perfect.
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Even if you had to plug it in, it could be viable, and economical.
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Ah, so they've found a way to make motorcycles even more dangerous, by making them silent...
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...but I want one anyway because they've solved the dangerous red-hot exhaust problem.
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Or traded it for a 12.5-kilowatt arc.:eek:
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So very Mad Max-ish.
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There are some double-sided panels available, but they'd be difficult to mount such that both sides are exposed to the sun. I don't have my calculator, but I think that's about 10 ft2, so 5 of those would be about 50 ft2 and would put out about 1200 W peak. |
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How are they going to make them loud enough to be a nuisance if there's no muffler to bore out?
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