Electric Bikes And Cars.............

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Cranker V2, Sep 8, 2014.

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  1. From their website, the Mission has a 120 KW motor and a 12 KWh battery. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this means that with a fully charged battery the bike could run at full power for six minutes, then the battery would be flat. This is roughly equivalent to a superbike with a one-litre petrol tank. Still tempted?
     
    #21 Pete1950, Sep 9, 2014
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  2. It is all that hot air coming from Wee Eck and his sidekick ;)
     
    #22 johnv, Sep 9, 2014
  3. Your maths are correct Peter. But no doubt some scavenging during braking can regenerate extending this period slightly. Plus it will take 8hrs to recharge and every recharge will derate the battery from 12kWh down to 0kWh in no time at all and then spend the rest of its life in a landfill.

    The only sure fire way to save energy is to not use it in the first place. I'm all for new technology but The Laws of Thermodynamics cannot be ignored. We are decades away from electric vehicles becoming viable and not a placebo that just moves generation around by clever accounting.
     
    #23 bootsam, Sep 9, 2014
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  4. Perhaps why it didn't run at the island!
     
    #24 Exige, Sep 9, 2014
  5. Trees, coal and oil fuelled the development of the world as we know it today. The world is hungry for energy with demand increasing at the same time as oil is peaking.

    Get building nuclear, fast.
     
    #25 johnv, Sep 9, 2014
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  6. meh!:smile:
     
    #26 finm, Sep 9, 2014
  7. Internal combustion for me... 'till i'm too old to ride!! Then I will go electric :upyeah: Flux capacitor anyone? going cheap!!!
     
    #27 Red Baron, Sep 9, 2014
  8. They might not yet be viable, but I'd love to have a spin on one. No gears and torque everywhere sounds good to me, but on a commuter, not a superbike.
     
    #28 nuttynick, Sep 9, 2014
  9. We need some clever fucker to solve the battery issues. Game on.
     
    #29 bootsam, Sep 9, 2014
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  10. [​IMG] the only solution
     
    #30 finm, Sep 9, 2014
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  11. #31 ronin, Sep 9, 2014
  12. #32 Tobytyke, Sep 9, 2014
  13. I want some pushrods again.........
     
    #33 Ghost Rider, Sep 9, 2014
  14. A Toyota salesman was telling me recently that Prius battery packs are proving very reliable. He would say that of course but if they are being regularly changed whilst in for service I think that fact would become public knowledge.
     
    #34 johnv, Sep 9, 2014
  15. Looks like he's right reading this:
    Toyota Hybrid Battery Replacement Cost Guide

    But my runabout diesel Modus does 70 to 80 to the gallon and cost £6500 when a year old so just can't see the point of the Prius. And the Modus is uglier too ;-)
     
    #35 Exige, Sep 9, 2014
  16. My Hyundai is a heap of shite....
     
    #36 Ghost Rider, Sep 9, 2014
  17. i service a prius for somebody albeit a53plate who proudly tells me it averages nearly 60mls to the gallon, impressive?nope.
     
    #37 finm, Sep 9, 2014
  18. At least it's not French!
    Mine is a constant reminder of how lovely I am, I bought it for the wife, then bought it off her when she moved back to the Czech Republic :rolleyes:
     
    #38 Exige, Sep 9, 2014
  19. I wasn't actually considering buying one. Heaven forbid. My pet name for the Prius is the Toyota Smug.
     
    #39 johnv, Sep 9, 2014
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  20. Do you charge for Oil and Plugs? :Wideyed:
     
    #40 Exige, Sep 9, 2014
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