Premium Member bornagainbiker Posted January 17, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted January 17, 2021 This Sondors Metacycle electric motorcycle is weirdly affordable and looks epic - SlashGear Sondors has revealed its first electric motorcycle, branching out from e-bikes but still promising usable range at an unexpectedly affordable price tag. Rather than the five-figure electric motorbi… 2 Give Respect To Get Respect https://jeff-galbraith.pixels.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple Jim Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 That looks pretty nice for daily commuting. I like the weight too. I hope it actually gets to the market with the current specs or better and the $5,000 price. I don't know about giving them money now though. There have been a few hopeful vehicles that never actually became reality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Pursuvant Posted January 17, 2021 Global Moderator Share Posted January 17, 2021 Imagine the acceleration of an electric bike with no transmission/shifting - way cool on the small scale. But there is the mythology behind electric vehicles. If we mass moved to electric cars, the amount of lead from battery waste would surpass every other current metric of pollution. Lead makes you stupid, and it's as hard to get rid of (en mass) as nuclear waste. And the final nail - how do you think electric companies will generate power to charge cars? Burning oil or nuclear, pick your poison. What we need is those prototype nuclear fusion reacters in France & Japan to actually work. Unlimited free electric + molecular manufacturing could be the holy grail of the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rider Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I'm not against electric vehicles, but I like them to go, "vroom". If somebody wants one, God bless 'em, go for it. Kind of a Delorean look. Maybe that huge area where the tank should be is for the flux capacitor. That seat looks really thin and sharp on the edges. And I use my knees on the tank a lot, I don't see a place to grab it with your knees. Maybe some covers over the hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DewMan Posted January 18, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted January 18, 2021 Silly me, I was thinking the FZ/MT-07 was the affordable commuter. 1 DewMan Just shut up and ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnycalibear Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 The million $ question here is how many miles per charge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo10 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I thought that big hole was for a shopping bag...! Range? Not enough. Almost all electric vehicles have not quite enough range, for me anyway. Just do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple Jim Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, robbo10 said: I thought that big hole was for a shopping bag...! Range? Not enough. Almost all electric vehicles have not quite enough range, for me anyway. I agree, but someone like my daughter who loves to ride and lives a few miles from work might really get good use from this. Of course it's still four times the price the used Ninja 250s she's been looking at. Edited January 25, 2021 by Triple Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member bornagainbiker Posted January 26, 2021 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 26, 2021 I guess we'll have to wait for the new solid state batteries to hit the market. This type of battery is supposed to offer twice the range of current batteries, and a charge time of around ten minutes--now, that would be huge. Give Respect To Get Respect https://jeff-galbraith.pixels.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple Jim Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, bornagainbiker said: and a charge time of around ten minutes That's going to take a really healthy AC supply! Even the little Sonders in this thread has a 4 KWh battery. A 50 amp 240v circuit will supply 12 KWh, so it would take 20 minutes to recharge the Sonders battery if it were a solid state battery able to take the charge that fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo10 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Someone else has developed a battery that can be charged in 10mins using lithium. Their idea is about getting heat into the charging. I will not understand any of this but it must be inevitable that limited range and slow charging will somehow be solved one day. Just do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstyammerha Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 During the Democratic Presidential debates, Andrew Yang mentioned a safe alternative to Uranium for power production. I've forgotten which element it was but I remember Googling it and learning that it wasn't pushed far by the government because it could not be used in weapons production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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