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06-11-2010, 11:30 PM | #1 | |
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June 12, 2010: Electric Bike
You've probably see bicycles fitted with an auxiliary electric motor, or bicycles/mopeds designed with electric motors.
This ain't them. Quote:
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06-12-2010, 08:47 AM | #2 |
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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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06-12-2010, 09:03 AM | #3 |
still says videotape
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06-12-2010, 09:26 AM | #4 |
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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?
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06-12-2010, 09:27 AM | #5 |
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If you were a desert dwellar this sort of vehicle would be perfect.
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06-12-2010, 09:33 AM | #6 |
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Even if you had to plug it in, it could be viable, and economical.
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06-12-2010, 09:37 AM | #7 |
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Ah, so they've found a way to make motorcycles even more dangerous, by making them silent...
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06-12-2010, 09:38 AM | #8 |
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...but I want one anyway because they've solved the dangerous red-hot exhaust problem.
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06-12-2010, 09:42 AM | #9 |
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Or traded it for a 12.5-kilowatt arc.
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06-12-2010, 10:16 AM | #10 |
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06-12-2010, 10:34 AM | #11 |
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So very Mad Max-ish.
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06-12-2010, 10:40 AM | #12 |
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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. |
06-12-2010, 10:49 AM | #13 |
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Yes, but you'd need a very long extension cord.
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06-12-2010, 11:18 AM | #14 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHtAkM3CYLA
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pM1j...eature=related
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06-12-2010, 09:11 PM | #15 |
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How are they going to make them loud enough to be a nuisance if there's no muffler to bore out?
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