What do you think of electric bikes?

I guess I'll jump in here and expose myself to all.
I started with an electric bike back in mid 2006 (Giant Suede-E the dealer did not like)
I built a 2009 Giant Suede GX back in 2010.
It was 2-stroke though, and that was not the ideal bike.

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I bought it for the NuVinci rear hub.
My first shifter build.
What a pain in the butt to do, but it came out cool...

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My friends would laugh that it was a girls bike...
Thanks OK, the guy that bought it was a survivalist and came to pick it up in this...

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Anyway, way off topic of electrics, but dun story about a Giant Suede ;-}
 
KCvale,

Hey guy! Don't let anyone razz you about your build! It looked to be a good clean build. You got nothin to hang your head over.
I do agree the Giant Suede series of bikes are a little heavy and bulky, but they are rather rugged.

Later KC,
Madd Matt
 
I believe it will be at least 50 years, maybe a lot longer, maybe never, before electric vehicles catch on. To do so they will have to have the same price, range, speed, recharge time, and longevity as todays gas powered vehicles. That would take a HUGE leap in technology. Until then, they are worthless as anything but short distance commuter vehicles, and their ridiculous price makes them worthless for even that.
 
I believe it will be at least 50 years, maybe a lot longer, maybe never, before electric vehicles catch on. To do so they will have to have the same price, range, speed, recharge time, and longevity as todays gas powered vehicles. That would take a HUGE leap in technology. Until then, they are worthless as anything but short distance commuter vehicles, and their ridiculous price makes them worthless for even that.
I like to look at it like buying an Xbox... Wait a few years for what you want to get cheaper, then buy it.

I'm seeing more and more electric hubs for electric cars, unfortunately they aren't precisely worthless, you need to take baby steps in any new technology, just be glad you aren't paying in to the prototypes and will later get a chance to buy that product at a fair price much like today's vehicles.
 
That's a 751 mile trip from Tesla HQ in Palo Alto CA to J.D.'s place in Chandler AZ. The Tesla Model S with the biggest battery pack available for it only has a range of 261 miles.
So he's safe for the next few days anyway. :)


Bored enough to actually goggle all that. :oops:
 
so, there was this article a couple of months ago about the widely accredited creator of the lithium-ion battery making a next gen lithium battery that stores 3x the power and can be charged in minutes using solid-state glass something-technical or whatnot. I mean the guy is 94 and not sure if what this is... but, if true, man that would really solve short term limitations of electric vehicles.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/05/goodenough-solid-battery-technology/
 
so, there was this article a couple of months ago about the widely accredited creator of the lithium-ion battery making a next gen lithium battery that stores 3x the power and can be charged in minutes using solid-state glass something-technical or whatnot. I mean the guy is 94 and not sure if what this is... but, if true, man that would really solve short term limitations of electric vehicles.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/05/goodenough-solid-battery-technology/
Eh, only 217 years ago batteries were nothing more than wet paper and pennies stacked together and weren't even that reliable. Now we can fit a 12 volt battery that weighs a single pound in half the space and has several hundred amps available to use on just about anything...

The technology is getting better, even lithium ion cells today are ages more advanced than what we had just in the early 2000s. Also it's not just the batteries that need improvement, an electric motor still suffers loss and can be improved along with gear boxes and all that crap. Let's not forget that we don't even have to use lithium ion, chances are with the huge diversity of chemistry we'll simply figure out a new type of battery that stores energy better than what we have now. Honestly we figured out how to freeze light particles and turned helium gas into metal, I don't doubt we have more discoveries to make.
 
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