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It looks like you local Best Buy is about to make the jump form big-screen HDTV’s for the living room and computer stuff for the office to electric motorcycles for the commute.
According to the Portland Business Journal, shoppers at at least one Portland Best Buy store will find zero-emission electric motorcycles by Ashland e-bike manufactuer Brammo in the aisles as early as next month.
Powered bicycles made by Currie Technologies and Ultra Motors also are planned, according to a report in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
Unlike the power-assisted E-Bike bicycles sold for under $3,000 of the at Ron Tonkin dealerships around the Portland, $12,000 motorcycles are full-fledged motorcycles with electric motors…Â Details
Jay Leno had a look at the Zero S electric motorcycle and had Zero’s founder, Neal Saiki by to explain the bike. Saiki gives some good commentary on the new motorcycle and some great information on several factors that are misunderstood regarding EVs versus regular machines.
For instance, the 32hp motorcycle is equivalent to a 50hp gasoline bike and weighs about 1/3 less than a comparable bike. He also explains why the Zero S has a top speed of only 60mph and why they didn’t ad gearing to make it go faster.
Joint Indian-English company Agni Motors’s claim of making quality, high efficiency and high performance electric motors gained massive credence today when it clearly bested the world’s fastest electric motocycles to win the first clean emissions (AKA electric) motorcycle Grand Prix at an average speed of 87.434 mph. It’s place in history is assured by the landmark win, but it was the team’s dominance that was most surprising.
It averaged 10 mph faster around the 37 mile course than its closest rival and established itself as the first superstar company to emerge in a fledgling giant industry. India was the most prominent nation with bikes on the podium in both classes. Just as Renault, Daimler, Ford and Honda made their name at the dawn of motorsport, we suspect we’ve seen some new and significant global brands for the first time… Details