Archive for 'Electric motorcycles' Category
Motorcycle X Prize Ideas
14 September 2007Is there enough room for advancement in the motorcycle industry that an X Prize like competition would make sense? Envision the ultimate motorcycle, what would it be? Almost anything you can think of is a continuation of something already being done and progress would only be a matter of degree, higher speed, better mileage, lower [...]
KillaCycle Electric Dragbike Crashes at Wired NextFest
14 September 2007Bill Dube, designer and builder of the KillaCycle was giving an interview and demonstration at the Wired NextFest by the LA Convention Center. After the interview, in which Dube did mention he was not the usual rider, he rolled the bike into what looked like a little bit of water on the sidewalk and began [...]
EEStor Ultracapacitor Battery Replacement
11 September 2007After my question about the potential for an electric Gold Wing and all of the thoughtful comments it generated, I thought I would touch on this ultracapacitor patent by EEStor that’s getting a lot of attention. EEStor says it has developed “technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries.” A bold statement in the very least.
A capacitor [...]
How About an Electric Gold Wing?
10 September 2007A lot of electric motorcycles are beginning to appear, especially in the last several months, and all of them are fairly light weight but at the same time fairly short range. The limiting factor isn’t the electric motor or controller, it’s the batteries. How do you get enough storage to give you decent range? The [...]
Quantya Electric Motorcycles
9 September 2007What do you do when you love to ride motocross and 2 stroke engines are banned because of noise? Max Modena, living in Switzerland, decided it was an opportunity to build the Quantya, an electric MX bike without any of the usual 2 stoke buzz.
Powered by a 14kW electric motor running at 48 volts, it [...]
Neodymics Electric Cyclemotor Conversion Unit
22 August 2007Almost 2 years ago, I pointed to the NeoDymics bike to moped conversion unit after inventor, Jeff Radtke wrote in to tell me about it. I thought it was pretty cool but never heard anything more. Jeff wrote in today, telling me he has an all new version called the Neodymics Electric Cyclemotor. He says [...]
Zero Electric Motorcycle
7 August 2007Just one month ago, the Enertia electric motorcycle from Brammo Motorsports looked liked a winner from the price / performance perspective and now following close behind is the Zero electric motorcycle, an electric motocross bike being adapted for road use which promises to push the price even lower. Zero has been selling the dirt bike [...]
Enertia Electric Motorcycle by Brammo Motorsports
7 July 2007Electric motorcycles have been the province of backyard builders for many years and they’ve been getting a lot closer to everyday practicality with each attempt. Brammo Motorsports, the Oregon company responsible for the Ariel Atom here in the U.S., has introduced the Enertia electric motorcycle and it may very well be the first electric motorcycle [...]
