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Electric Motorcycle accident


JamesG

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It is a pity it makes the news because he cocked up, but the underlying technology in that was interesting...

 

400bhp equiv. from 175 pounds of batteries... interesting, would be more interesting to know how long they last. The current draw on something like that must be incredible.

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Fair play to him as well for this post....

 

http://www.killacycle.com/

 

I’m Fine (scapes and cuts) Bike is a little bent….

 

First off, I’m just a bit scraped up. Embarrassed of course. I had not intended the bike to move in the soapy water, just spin the tire.

 

Got it slowed down to about 20 mph. Front wheel is bent, as are front forks. Cowling is not nearly as pretty as it was.

Battery box took a hit from the front wheel. Almost certainly, some cells were shorted. No smoke. No fire. Ultra safe cells. Had these been anything but A123 Systems Nano-phosphate cells, shorts would have caused a serious fire.

 

No major damage. We will have it fixed in short order.

 

Important to note: Area in front of the bike was CLEARED of ALL PEOPLE. NO ONE was at risk but me. Concrete on both sides of area.

 

Yes, I am an idiot. :-/

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400bhp equiv. from 175 pounds of batteries!! When is this technology going to be available to mass production?

800 bhp car with 350lb battery. No clunky Getrags, no rattley Giken clutches, no mapping, no egt's,no noise, no octane worries, pretty much no moving parts to fail........

 

I want it now :( (although the radiation might kill me, can't be any worse than the carcenegenic crap I mix with my fuel)

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