Finally an electric bike that ticks all the boxes?

[steve_t]

The answer to the limited range with each charge is to have standardised vehicle batteries. That way you pull into a fuel station, unclip your almost discharged battery, clip in a freshly charged battery and off you go. % minutes per stop, about the same as a fill up takes now. The cost would be the cost of the electricity to charge the battery, plus a proportion of a replacement battery. If the manufacturers are claiming 1000 charge cycles, then that would be 1/1000 the cost of a new battery.

The first manufacturer to take up this concept will get the lion's share of the business.

Friggin simple but genius!

[imdying]

That way you pull into a fuel station, unclip your almost discharged battery, clip in a freshly charged battery and off you go.

Pretty sure my (anybodies?) grandma couldn't manage to swap a battery of that size herself, and they don't have forecourt staff any more, so not a lot of use to her I'm afraid.

[robo555]

So just add forecourt staff back. They still need staff to do LPG bottle refills / bottle swaps, same applies here.

[imdying]

So just add forecourt staff back.

Ahahahahahahahah. It's a nice thought though

[Dare]

So just add forecourt staff back. They still need staff to do LPG bottle refills / bottle swaps, same applies here.

Yeah, no different to LPG really. Great idea! Needs some infrastructure though (registered batteries, no charging 999 cycles at home then going back to get a new one)