BMW will release a long range version of it's electric scooter C-Evolution that features a 12 kWh battery and thus should have similar range as our Zeros. Comes with integrated 3kW charging and a battery temperature management if I'm not mistaken.
The 12kWh LR C-Evolution is touted to have a range of 99 miles ... that isn't acceptable. My current zero can do that and it still has a MY13 battery
The LRC-X with a smaller pack somehow manages to get 185mi, actual miles tested on the road, at 55mph and 100mi at 70mph ... they are the closest to the 200 mile mark right now. The zev's bikes are really long ... you would have to extend your S / DS 13" in the rear to get the same wheel base; it also sits 6" off the ground. Couple this with a full fairing, hub motor, low seating and it seems to be a winning combination.
For those wondering FX modules CANNOT fit on an ZEV LRC ... the battery box is too narrow. I have several bikes / scooters in a file scaled to the same size including different batteries (both tesla' packs, the fx modules, monolith etc) ... this includes bikes like the burgman and tmax so I can tell what will work and what is likely fantasy.
On a side note I don't know if a stock LRC-X could ever do an ironbutt without modification. You would have to stop to charge at least 9 times but more likely you wouldn't stop every 100 miles (which is max at 70mph) but every 60 miles to charge. This means stopping 16 times to charge for 36 minutes, round to 45 if we include setup etc so we are looking at 12 hours of "charging" and 14.28 hours of riding :/
If the bike had even better aerodynamics, a larger pack than it does now, you rewound the motor to be more efficient at higher speeds, or you chose to charge above 1C you could just make it (they use batteries which can charge at a max of 3C). Ironbutts on electrics seem to be about higher averages speeds, longer ranges, and higher charging rates if you want to come in under 24 hours with the current battery technologies ...
On far off side note ... I would love to see Cycle Analyst outputs which include gps data graphed out for EV manufactures who publish "max range at X speed" claims ... it would go a long way to proving their claims
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Topic: 200 miles highway range?? Who's interested? (Read 7522 times)