Did anyone notice that's one of Electric Motorsport's original Electric GPRs (not their GPR-S) under that solar dressing. If you watch the video again there are more than a few telltale signs.
First off, this guy didn't invent shit.. he didn't even BUILD that bike.. he took a GPR from Electric Motorsport that they sold a few years ago and wired up some solar cells. Look at this link: http://www.electricmotorsport.com/EGPR/egprPage.htm
Notice the paint scheme. Its the same as his, the front, and even the rear where there are checkered flags painted on it.
Next, there's a SMALL quick shot showing where the wires come out of the solar panels....Doesn't look like very heavy gauge wire to me... I seriously doubt they're putting much out... It looks like he strapped a bunch of cheap solar cells to the bike and called a reporter....Easy to make claims, harder to prove them. I bet it'd take DAYS to recharge his pack...
Third, he's also saying he gets 50 miles, he's got to have at LEAST 6kwh or so in the because he's using LEAD ACID! those things are heavy, and you get at MOST 75% of their capacity out of them due to peukert effects AND not being able to take them past 80% DOD. Because its lead, its heavy and his bike isn't going to get much better than 125Wh/mile... so 50 miles... 6250Wh or so... and thats the 75% of the battery capacity.... so that'd be over 8kwh that he'd need on board to go 50 miles with lead.... unless he's saying that 50 miles is at 30 mph (he MIGHT get 100wh/mile) and he'd still need over 6500Wh of batteries. This is in an ideal situation, which I'm sure its not.
Lets say he's got 6kwh of batteries in there (benefit of the doubt), thats over 400lbs of batteries (at an avg of 15Wh/Lb). Most bikes don't weight much more than that BEFORE they're converted... he's telling us 50 miles and we're supposed to believe that? Thats ONLY BATTERY weight, that doesn't include chassis and motor.
If it was lifepo4, I'd believe it.... but not only is it a short article with very few details, its about someone that the electric motorcycle community has never heard of. It actually looks like an original GPR from Derbi that Electric Motorsport offered a few years ago.... with the exception of the solar cells.
And yes, I have an electric motorcycle... www.evfr.net if you want to see... notice I don't overinflate the numbers.
Confirmed by ElectricMotorsport that Richard Gryzch bought the GPR from them several years ago, saying that he had some sort of invention that would increase the range.
I guess a few 15W solar panels taped all over his bike was "an invention".....
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Did anyone notice that's one of Electric Motorsport's original Electric GPRs (not their GPR-S) under that solar dressing. If you watch the video again there are more than a few telltale signs.
Yeah, I posted on the AutoBlogGreen that its an original EMS GPR...
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/05/06/phoenix-man-taps-into-the-sun-with-his-diy-solar-motorcycle/#comments
First off, this guy didn't invent shit.. he didn't even BUILD that bike.. he took a GPR from Electric Motorsport that they sold a few years ago and wired up some solar cells. Look at this link:
http://www.electricmotorsport.com/EGPR/egprPage.htm
Notice the paint scheme. Its the same as his, the front, and even the rear where there are checkered flags painted on it.
Next, there's a SMALL quick shot showing where the wires come out of the solar panels....Doesn't look like very heavy gauge wire to me... I seriously doubt they're putting much out... It looks like he strapped a bunch of cheap solar cells to the bike and called a reporter....Easy to make claims, harder to prove them. I bet it'd take DAYS to recharge his pack...
Third, he's also saying he gets 50 miles, he's got to have at LEAST 6kwh or so in the because he's using LEAD ACID! those things are heavy, and you get at MOST 75% of their capacity out of them due to peukert effects AND not being able to take them past 80% DOD. Because its lead, its heavy and his bike isn't going to get much better than 125Wh/mile... so 50 miles... 6250Wh or so... and thats the 75% of the battery capacity.... so that'd be over 8kwh that he'd need on board to go 50 miles with lead.... unless he's saying that 50 miles is at 30 mph (he MIGHT get 100wh/mile) and he'd still need over 6500Wh of batteries. This is in an ideal situation, which I'm sure its not.
Lets say he's got 6kwh of batteries in there (benefit of the doubt), thats over 400lbs of batteries (at an avg of 15Wh/Lb). Most bikes don't weight much more than that BEFORE they're converted... he's telling us 50 miles and we're supposed to believe that? Thats ONLY BATTERY weight, that doesn't include chassis and motor.
If it was lifepo4, I'd believe it.... but not only is it a short article with very few details, its about someone that the electric motorcycle community has never heard of. It actually looks like an original GPR from Derbi that Electric Motorsport offered a few years ago.... with the exception of the solar cells.
And yes, I have an electric motorcycle... www.evfr.net if you want to see... notice I don't overinflate the numbers.
Confirmed by ElectricMotorsport that Richard Gryzch bought the GPR from them several years ago, saying that he had some sort of invention that would increase the range.
I guess a few 15W solar panels taped all over his bike was "an invention".....