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Title: Motorcycle.com electric motorcycle article
Post by: Richard230 on July 24, 2020, 03:03:02 AM
Motorcycle.com has just published a general interest article discussing 5 myths about electric motorcycles and why they are not all that true. 
https://www.motorcycle.com/features/electric-motorcycles-5-myths-you-shouldnt-believe.html
Title: Re: Motorcycle.com electric motorcycle article
Post by: Crissa on July 24, 2020, 05:32:27 AM
Pretty good article!

Tho I dunno about the cost/payback.  It's alot of miles.

Then again, the performance of my bike in year six of its life so far shows that there's not much worry about batteries!

-Crissa
Title: Re: Motorcycle.com electric motorcycle article
Post by: Richard230 on July 24, 2020, 06:09:40 AM
Pretty good article!

Tho I dunno about the cost/payback.  It's alot of miles.

Then again, the performance of my bike in year six of its life so far shows that there's not much worry about batteries!

-Crissa

 I agree. There is little concern regarding the life of Zero batteries, but their on-board chargers are another matter.  ::)
Title: Re: Motorcycle.com electric motorcycle article
Post by: DonTom on July 26, 2020, 12:37:08 AM
From that article: "Energica claims its current batteries will last between 149,000 to 249,000 miles before exhibiting a loss in performance."

So then why won't they give a battery warranty of 149,000 miles?  ;)

-Don-  Auburn, CA
Title: Re: Motorcycle.com electric motorcycle article
Post by: DonTom on July 26, 2020, 12:40:28 AM
I agree. There is little concern regarding the life of Zero batteries, but their on-board chargers are another matter.  ::)
The experience with my DS is the opposite. The battery crapped out at less than 10K miles, the OBC is still as good as new at 11,000 miles. YMMV.

-Don-  Auburn, CA