Blueshift Electric

[Big Dave]

200ft lbs

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.com/2009/07/blueshift-electric-motorcycles.html

[hospitalfood]

nice...........

[p.dath]

Lets see if they survive long enough to actually ship a bike.

[EJK]

electrifying

[Big Dave]

That's a shocking pun.

[Motu]

Enhancements are being developed right now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8132548.stm

[Big Dave]

Enhancements are being developed right now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8132548.stm

My shares in 'All Nippon Peg and Cardboard' have skyrocketed.

[AD345]

200ft lbs



They're gonna need knobblies if they want to pull stumps

[Big Dave]

The 100 mile range thing is still not really viable for more than urban riding - yet.
And it's $US40k.
But it sure sounds like fuuuuun.

[Big Dave]

What are service stations going to be like in 20 years?

'$100 worth of 240v on transformer 4.'

'AC or DC'

Cue Bon Scott improv.

[p.dath]

What are service stations going to be like in 20 years?

'$100 worth of 240v on transformer 4.'

'AC or DC'

Cue Bon Scott improv.

Service stations as we know them wont exist. Perhaps they'll be battery exchange centres, for those needing power urgently.

I suspect the majority of us will get our vehicle energy from places where our vehicles are left sitting. Car parks, supermarkets, work places, perhaps even from parking machines on the side of the road.

Building a service station is quite a big barrier to entry (even just considering RMA). However selling power via a power point should be much simpler, hence a lot more people offering to do it.

[Big Dave]

Some sort of rapid charge place first.

[p.dath]

Some sort of rapid charge place first.

I don't think any kind of rapid charging system will be as quick as swapping a battery which has been designed to be swapped. Perhaps batteries might need some kind of "run hours" meter on them, like an odometer, so it can quickly be established how old or used the battery is.
Then the "servo" can slow charge the "old" battery overnight.

[Motu]

Bullshit - the future belongs to the sucky-blowy.Wheels will be something you'll tell your grandkids about.

BigDave will give up his diet - and in road tests will rave about how ''This little sucker lifted me with ease....tonight I'll have a fryup,then we'll see who is the blowhard!''

[Pixie]

I don't think any kind of rapid charging system will be as quick as swapping a battery which has been designed to be swapped. Perhaps batteries might need some kind of "run hours" meter on them, like an odometer, so it can quickly be established how old or used the battery is.
Then the "servo" can slow charge the "old" battery overnight.

That's true if batteries are still in use.
Supercaps are rapidly getting to the point where they out perform batteries - charging will take minutes.