Feel like cruising upwards of 93 miles-per-hour on a
motorcycle without using a single drop of
fuel? How about being absolutely certain that a great egret could hit your windshield without even fazing you? If you're in agreement with those two tidbits, Triumph's evDaytona looks to be the bike for you, as it can go zero to 60 in a mere 2.9 seconds, roll 143 miles on a full charge, and sports a five-year
battery life to boot. This aluminum alloy-framed machine sports all the amenities you'd expect to find on your average motorbike, but throws in a ginormous windscreen and removes the need for fossil fuels along the way. Of course, the bike currently still needs DOT approval, and while we've yet to see anything definite on price, word on the street is that this here ride will run you about $77,000 whenever it actually launches.
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posted Jul 2nd 2007 4:23AM
Why do electric vehicles always have to be so ugly?
The tesla roadster doesn't look too bad to me. :)
http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php
Yeah.. and at 23k more, I feel the Tesla is a steal compared to this bike...
You'd think it wouldnt be much more than it GasSuckin Cuzins..
its better option when fuel are at its end and we can generate electric power easily and speed of this bike is just enough for fun and its also nature friendly !!! Polution Freee !!!
i think its best option for all
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There's still pollution involved. How do you think they produce the electricity to charge this sucker?
On another note, this is what Lord Helmet would ride I think.
Pain it yellow and Robin can ride it.
Holy Oakley windshield Batman!
Shave the windshield a bit, lower the cost even more, and I may even ride this to work and around town.
Hmm, very tempting. I can't even tell you how many times I've been smacked in the face with a great egret due to a wimpy windscreen.
Seriously though, I like this. But $77,000 is a lot of money...
Egrets, I've had a few.
-but then again, too few to mention...
"...and removes the need for fossil fuels along the way"
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depends on how the electricity was generated to charge it.
Not really an issue in the US. I seem to recall electricity here being generated mostly through "clean" methods (hydro, solar, nuclear, to name a few).
Electricity in the US is generated mostly by burning COAL. But it is more energy efficient and cleaner to burn fossil fuels at the power plant than it is to burn them in your car.
Aaron, do you live in some Utopian-Star-Trekian alternative future universe? If so, please send the coordinates to my coal-powered wormhole drive navacomputer.
Coal takes care of about half. The other half is a combination of nuclear, hydroelectric, and natural gas, and a small percentage of other things. Although a large percentage does come from coal, as Joel pointed it out it's better to burn it at the power plant for electricity than to burn oil in your car.
I was only repeating something I remembered reading, however it's worth noting that I wasn't actually wrong in what I said: coal makes up just shy of 50% of our energy, which of course puts those other, "nicer" methods at over half. "Mostly" clean, you see.
But don't let facts stop you, guys. Keep clicking that minus button to send my post to oblivion, and keep on writing those ever-helpful sarcastic comments.
yeah, really ugly the windscreen... personal request...
You won't have to worry about an egret, but you will have to worry about all those cars that not only can't see you, but can't hear you either.
Electric is a good idea...but $77,000.00 is not. Why the high price tag? It's understandable for a new, innovative product to cost more, but must we pay for the research and development all at once?
Charge the cost of innovation to the people who like innovative products.
Uh, sure there are no 'drops of fuel'. However you store electrons in the battery, and those electrons come from a power plant somewhere, most likely fossil fueled.
It's an interesting exercise and nicely resolved, even if the windshield is a little oversized. It looks better than a prior electric motorcycle I've seen.
But motorcycles are inherently much more efficient than cars, so their fuel use is rather minimal to start with.
Any thoughts on a highly efficient four stroke gas powered motorcycle with good emissions controls, with a motor sized for moderate performance, load carrying and high mpg?
Hope it's not using Lucas electrics :)
Yea, but does it cause hearing loss? Is there an easy way for the end user to make it cause hearing loss? Will it make enough noise to set off dog barking alarms all over town when it goes by? If not, it will be a failure in the US.
http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2004news/motorcyclenoise.htm
Of course, the rest of the (civilized) world has a little more sense.
This is crazy. $77,000. That is an electric converted Yamaha R6, I drive an R6. Brand new they are $7999, and seeing how I get 50+ mpg I don't forsee spending $70k on gas the next 5 years. Also, who the hell wants to wait to recharge, not to mention I can pick up speed quicker, and I have hit 153 on my bike, same bike mind you just not electric and not $77k. Cool idea, crazy price, good luck selling that one.
Actually it's a converted Triumph Daytona. Of course, it's still not worth $77K.
I'm sure their price includes R&D dollars and is not truly indicative of what the bike will come out to cost when it becomes available.
I'm guessing the windscreen is for that extra bit of aerodynamics to give the thing better top speed and mileage. But it does cause the thing to look not so "cool" to the regular sportbikers.
You would think that at around 77k a bike, the company that converts them to EV could afford a better website! Bad website = low consumer confidence. It seriously looks like it is from 1996.
I think a lot of the cost may come from the lithium ion batteries from A123 Systems. Sweet tech from those MIT nanomaterial boys, but pricey (they're also one of the 2 battery suppliers for the upcoming Chevy Volt all electric). I had also read where Tesla, developing its own lithium ion battery tech, is spending $25k per vehicle (out of $98k total vehicle cost) on the batteries. http://electricmotive.blogspot.com/
Umm is that huge Windshield just put over top of a normal one.......
To be correct:
Range is about 103 miles / half if hot rodded.
Triumph was the donor model, not affiliated with the Triumph motor company.
Zero to sixty = 2.7 seconds.
It's being sold already (limited sales) as a spec purchase by buyer preferences.
Purchaser can supply the Triumph roller or we will, but we will not use other brands.
Prices start now at $55,000 US and the intention is to maintain only one build per month.
Ahh, a craftsman / bespoke / jewelry business model. I applaud.