I would hate this to happen but I bet it does . http://www.brammo.com/home/ . Although these are the best Ive seen .
Somehow they just look so wrong, a cross between an Electric push bike & a Motorbike....... And im sure the riding experience will be far to Clinical just not giving you the Buzz of a Traditional machine ........ There is also the safety factor of a Petrol engine ... The noise can alert the Dosey drivers that your in thr vacinity ..... there wont be any of that on an Electric machine ..... Maybe good for Major city couriers ..... Dean
like the mirrors. sorry that sounds like I don't like the bike above,i would soooo love a run on this. but as I said I love the mirrors.
There is no denying that electric bikes certainly have a place in the future, in the same way that hydrogen fuel cell bikes/cars could be. Personally, as long as it performed and looked good enough, of course I'm going to be interested. Anyway, I don't think we'll really have a choice then it comes down to it
I really want electric bikes to succeed, if only to give us other options, but at the moment they're too limited and too expensive. That's changing fast though, they're only being held up by battery technology, and that technology is moving along at pace. Usable, affordable electric sportsbikes will be commonplace in under ten years I reckon. The mistake people make is to compare them directly with sportsbikes. Bikes like the Brammo are maybe best compared with A2 license-friendly petrol bikes like the CB500s and the Kawasaki 300, and in that company they score well. But in tests most journalists find the battery range is considerably shorter than the sellers would have you believe, and that's a fairly major sticking point. The other problem being battery longevity; you can only charge the batteries a limited number of times before they're goosed, so how much is it gonna cost to replace them..? But once that battery technology catches up there'll be no stopping the electric gravytrain, all the major manufacturers will get involved (BMW already are of course), and there'll be an electric bike on every street corner. I'm looking forward to that day, why not, if it's got two wheels it's bound to be fun.
I'll miss the sounds of petrol engined bikes, but I do believe this is the future. Range will only improve and the costs of the batteries will drop making electric bikes a worthy alternative and in time maybe even the better choice.
Buying energy as liquid hydrocarbons is cheaper, simpler, and quicker than downloading energy through the electricity grid. Cheaper? - I hear you gasp. Yes, petrol is really, really cheap; it is the high level of tax and duty levied by governments which makes it so expensive at the pumps. So just think it through. If and when battery-electric road vehicles become commonplace, for how long will the mains electricity used to charge them still be taxed at 8% VAT only? My guess is that within a few years, the tax rate will rise from 8% to 800%. Gentlemen, place your bets.
You tax things people are obliged to buy so that you can raise guaranteed revenue. If you put a tax on apple juice people will buy orange juice instead. Then you must tax orange juice too. Pete you're 100% correct.
When the batteries die, which they surely will, how much will it cost to replace them? Will replacements be available when newer, more efficient battery technologies become available? Buying a used bike could become a serious game of russian roulette when considering how many charge cycles the batteries have been subjected to, if they have been maintained correctly and if they need replacing or not. Could become very expensive very quickly or render your bike obsolete after 2 years like your phone becomes obsolete right now.
Petrol is roughly 40p per litre plus 90p per litre duty & VAT (supplied loose in bulk amounts of at least 5 litres). Milk retails at around 90p per litre (supplied in 1 litre bottles), with no tax.
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Anyway. you know Pete's right, but the government moves slowly - in America, the land of the free - they get 25% discount on any ozone friendly vehicle. In the Uk we have a similar scheme, but there are only 7 vehicles on the list, and none of them are bikes.
