cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41241485
This could be huge for vehicle design as a whole.
What does that thing weigh is my very first question.
Also these ev guys and their ranges are never believable. I’ve owned multiple evs now, and none of them have gotten near advertised range. I always cut 25% as a rule from marketing bloat.
Even still 400km range would be huge. But if the thing weighs 800 lbs, maybe not so huge.
Edit: Devil’s in the details. According to their website the specified 600km is a “city range,” probably going 15km/hr. Highway range is 315km, with a 170lb rider going 90km/hr in perfect conditions (which never applies to a motorcycle). Realistically thats going to be under 200km. For $40k USD, and the bike weighs 520lbs btw (which isn’t the end of the world).
I don’t have range anxiety as much as I would have wallet anxiety here. I’ll just stick with my gas bike, thank you very much. 1000nm torque would be hilarious, but that would be over $50k for me in Canada, and that’s not so hilarious.
Add another flop to the table.
Also these ev guys and their ranges are never believable. I’ve owned multiple evs now, and none of them have gotten near advertised range. I always cut 25% as a rule from marketing bloat.
Well, that’s the same for ICE vehicles as well
Oh for sure. For sure.
Almost bought a zero, but the lack of charging at my office and the distance involved… sigh.
Still excited to swoop through the mountains quietly someday.
IF (huge if) their claims hold water and the tech is actually reliable long term (which probably means waiting for a bike that does not use a weird gadgety spokeless carbon hub wheel that is presumably going to cost as much as a regular bike to replace if you hit a pothole), then price aside it sounds perfectly capable of making any commute round-trip, unlike the Zero which has a relatively small range which gets way worse in winter (allegedly solid-state batteries are barely affected by temperature).
Just plug it in when you get home and voilà; charging at work is a bandaid solution.ofc only people with more money than sense will drop 30 grand into a bike using unproven tech from an unknown company, but if their shit actually works then it hails the future of actually viable and affordable(ish) electric touring motorcycles that aren’t just gimmicks a few years from now.
Sure, one can hope.
In my case, the distance I needed to commute daily at the time was farther than level 1 charging could handle to even get me back home once I arrived at the site. I’d have to stop about 3/4 of the way back home every day, as I don’t have a car.
Lmao, what is that back wheel? Someone puts aesthetics over efficiency…
Want! Would be a hell of a commuter option. Unfortunately the pricing is still huge, but compared to other bikes it’s pretty close; not a huge EV markup. The max range Pro model is $32k.
