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Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 01:43
by strad
lotta money
I was under the impression this years is a new and not yet available for sale.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 11:16
by AJI
strad wrote:
16 Jul 2019, 19:59
Y'all should be happy Harley has come out with an electric Hog.
How about a 2000PS Lotus?

https://electrek.co/2019/07/16/lotus-un ... -hypercar/

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 20:19
by subcritical71
strad wrote:
16 Jul 2019, 19:59
Y'all should be happy Harley has come out with an electric Hog.
I can’t imagine an electric bike ever having a Harley badge on it... makes me question a lot of things :)

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 20:29
by Big Tea


Here is a quick look

BTW, I'm still pouting that the VW Buzz will be around £50k when it comes out next year instead of the 'promised' (well hinted at) £30k which I would have ordered. Reconsider the alternatives now

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 21:06
by roon
strad wrote:
16 Jul 2019, 19:59
Y'all should be happy Harley has come out with an electric Hog.
Will marketing insist trademark slow, heavy, and unreliable? More importantly, will the loud-pipes-save-lives poseurs have the guts to swing a leg over this absolute death machine? We may need to resort to strobe lights and laser beams to ensure continued life-saving. If consumers of FearlessOutlawGuy™ products do not feel safe whilst commuting to work then the brand may begin to suffer.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 23:07
by Big Tea
roon wrote:
17 Jul 2019, 21:06
strad wrote:
16 Jul 2019, 19:59
Y'all should be happy Harley has come out with an electric Hog.
Will marketing insist trademark slow, heavy, and unreliable? More importantly, will the loud-pipes-save-lives poseurs have the guts to swing a leg over this absolute death machine? We may need to resort to strobe lights and laser beams to ensure continued life-saving. If consumers of FearlessOutlawGuy™ products do not feel safe whilst commuting to work then the brand may begin to suffer.
It wont be so bad because this one goes around corners and stops OK.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 18 Jul 2019, 01:44
by strad
Zero to sixty in 3 seconds.
Kinda short range for going cross country.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 18 Jul 2019, 16:59
by Big Tea
strad wrote:
18 Jul 2019, 01:44
Zero to sixty in 3 seconds.
Kinda short range for going cross country.
Bar to bar and plug in :twisted:

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 18 Jul 2019, 20:00
by strad
Ah yes.. a T T bike. Tavern to Tavern.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019, 16:33
by loner
Prototype Sumitomo tires recover energy as they roll
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/11 ... -they-roll

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 26 Jul 2019, 16:41
by Big Tea
That look interesting. I await developments.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 27 Jul 2019, 02:50
by Greg Locock
Using it to power TPMS is sensible. Increasing the rolling resistance of the tire to generate feel-good electricity is not.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 27 Jul 2019, 04:06
by roon
Needs a windmill on the roof to achieve over unity. Suspension harvesting might be easier.

Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 27 Jul 2019, 14:21
by loner
roon wrote:
27 Jul 2019, 04:06
Needs a windmill on the roof to achieve over unity. Suspension harvesting might be easier.
with tweaks no harm if both
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Re: Will Electric Vehicles Be Viable? When?

Posted: 31 Jul 2019, 15:34
by loner
Senate bill includes up to $1B for clean-car infrastructure
As proposed, it includes up to $1 billion for states to build "alternative-fuel" infrastructure. That could include funding for hydrogen, natural gas, ethanol, or even biodiesel stations or other infrastructure. With more than 2 million electric cars on the roads today, compared with fewer than 200,000 natural gas cars and barely 5,000 hydrogen vehicles, however, most of that money seems more likely to be spent on public electric-car charging stations.
Add that to the remainder of the $2 billion Volkswagen is spending to build out its Electrify America charging network, plus hundreds of millions spent by other charging networks, and by 2023, charging stations could be plentiful.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/11 ... um=twitter