http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7336/The-Odyssey-Electric-Trike--A-Moonshot-Project.aspx The Odyssey Electric Trike - A Moonshot Project Tom Spendlove March 18, 2014
[video flash images http://www.engineering.com/Portals/0/BlogFiles/tomspendlove/2014%20Jan/odyssey%20city.JPG http://odysseytrikes.com/Photos.php http://www.engineering.com/Portals/0/BlogFiles/tomspendlove/2014%20Jan/odyssey%20trike.jpg ] Dustin Herte and Ryan Bass have designed and developed a progressive new electric vehicle. The Odyssey Trike wants to be the next phase of vehicle evolution, existing between a recumbent tricycle, a motorcycle and a go kart. The Odyssey Mk 5 runs at a top speed of 50 miles per hour, and has a range of 50 miles or 80 miles if the operator pedals while riding. The Lithium iron phosphate is projected to run for 2,000 cycles, the equivalent of 100,000 miles. Herte and Bass are in the last week of a Kickstarter campaign. In a twist I've never seen before the main Kickstarter video is a news story posted from their local station. The news blurb serves to introduce the Kickstarter public to the Odyssey with high level production values. After seeing a power assist on a BMX bike, Dustin found inspiration thinking about the utility that a third wheel could add to the system. The Odyssey was first concepted and built in an airplane hangar in Wisconsin while Dustin and Ryan were still in high school. The Kickstarter page has a great discussion of the evolution of the trike through five iterations of prototype builds. Benefits to Odyssey ownership are outlined on the Impact page of the company website. The site estimates that driving twenty miles a day five days a week instead of driving a 30 mile per gallon fuel efficient car would save 170 gallons of fuel per year. This is a great way for low mile travelers to make a modest local impact on the environment. Taking a side vehicle to the bicycle shop for repair instead of a car dealership also sounds like a cheap way to keep a well maintained vehicle. This isn't the first electric recumbent trike, but it's great to see two young entrepreneurs use their engineering mindset to develop, manufacture and sell a product. The Kickstarter campaign needs a boost to reach its funding goal by the end of the week and I would be thrilled to see this funding realized. [© 2014 engineering.com] ... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1848627466/odyssey-electric-trikes-the-way-forward Another kickstarter project For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Beau Jo's CO-style pizza munchies while charging off their EVSE EVLN: GM sides with Auto Dealers> Tesla must use the same set of rules EVLN: Katy Perry Spent $0.5M on Karma pih for Her Assistants (video) EVLN: Green HOV Sticker count limits Automakers' only-sell-pih attempts + EVLN: BYD-Daimler Denza EV Spy Shots being a movie star ts:150kph {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Odyssey-Mk5-recumbent-etrike-motorcycle-go-kart-ts-50mph-video-tp4668614.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
