Give me a flippin' break. *FAR* too "out there" to have a prayer of reasonable sales figures. Hub center steering has been tried in the marketplace and got few nibbles. Motorcyclists are a conservative lot, even those who like the techy end of the spectrum.
I maintain that if Tesla wants to build a motorcycle, they could merely re-start production of the 'Mission R: http://www.cycleworld.com/2013/06/04/mission-motorcycles-mission-r-and-rs-electric-superbikes-first-look-review-photos/ The company folded for reasons not connected with the goodness of the bike. It is a gentlemens' express, so very much in keeping with the Tesla demographic. It's a bike that deserves to be back on the market, and Tesla could do it. Chris On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 4:09 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > http://paultan.org/2016/02/25/proposed-tesla-e-bike-design-concept-by-serrano/ > Proposed Tesla e-Bike design concept by Serrano > 25 February 2016 Mohan K Ramanujam > > [image > http://s2.paultan.org/image/2016/02/Tesla-e-Bike-concept-motorcycle-2.jpg > concept e-motorcycle > ] > > Italian designer Antonio Serrano has put up a set of renderings, playing a > “what-if?” game of Tesla manufacturing an electric motorcycle. This design > concept would be made out of carbon fiber, aluminium, and high-strength > plastic for lightness and strength. > > Dubbed the “Tesla e-Bike” by Serrano, the concept calls for hub-center > steering, an engineering design last seen in public on the Bimota Tesi and > Yamaha GTS 1000 over 20 years ago. An OLED dashboard display shows all > essential information required in a high-tech, minimalistic fashion. > > “Tesla e-Bike is a conceptual project based on a vision what if Tesla > Motors > manufactured an electric motorcycle. Just like Tesla principles, this > e-bike > is high-tech, fast, efficient, and ecological,” says Serrano. No word on > whether Elon Musk might be interested in this other-worldy design, but it > certainly looks sleek and efficient. > [© 2016 Driven Communication] > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Proposed-Tesla-e-motorcycle-concept-by-designer-Serrano-tp4680743.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 > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160302/af87a181/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
