OK, I'll rephrase it. Why would anyone with a motorcycle (usually bought for speed, acceleration, and fun of driving) want to carry around a 300 mile battery *everyday,everywhere* that makes a huge bulk, weighs three times more, slows the bike down and makes it less agile just for the very rare, "just in case"?
-----Original Message----- From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 11:31 PM Subject: EVLN: mankamemotors.com EP-1 e-Motorcycle.in r:500km ts:251kph Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Why would anyone want to ride 300 miles on a motorcycle without > stopping anyway? I think motorcycles are more for local travel and > fun. Not boring 300 mile long trips. I don't think people would routinely ride it 300 miles at a time. But just like ICE cars that can go hundreds of miles without refueling, people want the long range without recharging "just in case". It's a comfort factor; they don't need it every day, but want it to be there when they need it. I live in the midwest, and routinely drive my EVs. They have a range of about 100 miles; enough to go anywhere in my local area. But if I want to drive to (say) the Twin Cities and back, it can easily be a 200 mile round trip. Our Leaf can't do it. In theory, I could charge someplace in the Minneapolis/St. Paul before heading back; but the places I go don't have fast-charging facilities, so I'd have to stay overnight to get enough charge to get back home. In these circumstances, I have to take my ICE. I'd rather take my EV, but can't until it has more range. -- The most dangerous enemy of a better solution is an existing one that is just good enough. -- Eric S. Raymond -- Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
