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Old 01-05-2014, 02:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Make a fashionable and hip lifestyle statement...

...with a crowd-funded design challenge project. Their goal is realized and will start production of their cooler-than-you $3,800 1900's-styled board track motorcycle. Their zero-emissions Electric Cruiser can travel 20 or more miles on a single-charged battery. Could be up to 40 miles with a second battery. It has a brushless 500W DC 36V rear-wheel drive hub motor WITH regenerative braking. They claim at current configuration it is projected to cost less than $.01 per mile to operate.


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Old 01-07-2014, 12:29 AM   #2 (permalink)
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...cooler-than-you $3,800 1900's-styled board track motorcycle....

They claim at current configuration it is projected to cost less than $.01 per mile to operate.
So they state that the battery pack lives for at least 380.000 miles while the bike needs no maintenance and electricity is free?
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Old 01-13-2014, 04:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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The cost for electricity to operate might be less than ten cents per kilowatt - hour. Average annual cost per mile over the life of the vehicle will be closer to twenty cents per mile. Definitely a nostalgic fashion statement that is a viable product based on cost and performance. Rather like a Type 35 Bugatti replica with modern running gear. Cool but not quite my personal dream bike.

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