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OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 6:07 pm
by chrismb
http://www.nextgreencar.com/news-item.p ... the-future

A self-balancing enclosed electric bike!...

... hope they manage to get it into production for the price suggested!


Re: OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:33 pm
by Jerry
I just want to know why they are going to sell it for 12k in the US and only 5k in asia??? (Assuming they ramp up production)

Re: OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:42 pm
by Starfire
OK Chris - I concide. ;)

Re: OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:23 am
by John Hill
Jerry wrote:I just want to know why they are going to sell it for 12k in the US and only 5k in asia??? (Assuming they ramp up production)


Cheaper labour costs for manufacture of the Asian models.

Re: OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:42 pm
by Doug Coulter
Or, our very expensive regulatory system compared to Asia, where anything that can roll (and some things that can't) are on the roads.

Re: OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:27 am
by Doug Coulter
Since you're more likely to be hit by a mini cooper than an elephant anyway...
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Re: OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:53 am
by chrismb
The only thing missing is self-stability. I suppose the whole of the inside part could be made to rotate around gyroscopically when it stops, but that might make the rider feel a bit giddy! :lol:

Re: OK ... THIS is as cool as an EV can get!! I want one..

PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:56 am
by chrismb
There's always the Ryno monocycle too...