June 12, 2010: Electric Bike

newtimer · 06-12-2010, 08:47 AM

Wow! I'm going to buy stock in the word 'custom'. I got a feeling it will be THE word to own in 2010. It might even be bigger than 'issues'.

Griff · 06-12-2010, 09:03 AM

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richlevy · 06-12-2010, 09:26 AM

So if they came out with a street version, I wonder how many miles it would get on a single battery.

Also, say an owner installed 50 square feet of solar panel on his/her roof? How long until the battery was charged?

Griff · 06-12-2010, 09:27 AM

If you were a desert dwellar this sort of vehicle would be perfect.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-12-2010, 09:33 AM

Even if you had to plug it in, it could be viable, and economical.

HungLikeJesus · 06-12-2010, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Even if you had to plug it in, it could be viable, and economical.

Yes, but you'd need a very long extension cord.

glatt · 06-12-2010, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richlevy

Also, say an owner installed 50 square feet of solar panel on his/her roof?

That's not so big.

HungLikeJesus · 06-12-2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

That's not so big.

As an example, a Yingli YL235 panel is 1650x990 mm and puts out 235 W on a very sunny day (insolation at about 1000 W/m2).

There are some double-sided panels available, but they'd be difficult to mount such that both sides are exposed to the sun.

I don't have my calculator, but I think that's about 10 ft2, so 5 of those would be about 50 ft2 and would put out about 1200 W peak.

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richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	So if they came out with a street version, I wonder how many miles it would get on a single battery. Also, say an owner installed 50 square feet of solar panel on his/her roof? How long until the battery was charged? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-12-2010, 09:27 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	If you were a desert dwellar this sort of vehicle would be perfect. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-12-2010, 09:33 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Even if you had to plug it in, it could be viable, and economical. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	Wow! I'm going to buy stock in the word 'custom'. I got a feeling it will be THE word to own in 2010. It might even be bigger than 'issues'.

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