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Title: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: Richard230 on January 26, 2021, 08:35:25 PM
It appears that the "Zero" name has been borrowed by a startup in Germany that has developed a prototype scooter with an interesting design. Looks to be powered by a hub motor too. (Surprise!  ;)  )
https://electricmotorcycles.news/naon-from-germany-launches-new-prototype-zero-one-electric-scooter/

And if you are looking for an electric motorcycle company to invest in, Amber Automotive is looking for you. They have developed the Amber Alpha electric motorcycle with an 8 kWh battery pack that they say has a range of 225 km (estimated) and a top speed of 165 kWh (estimated) from its 35 kW motor.
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: princec on January 26, 2021, 09:07:22 PM
Sigh, more range bullshit. The formula is pretty much worked out by now, and it seems to be KWh x 5 = miles for the larger bikes down to about KWh x 10 for the smaller bikes, more or less, so anything outside of this range has to be viewed with extreme scepticism. Looks nice though.

Cas :)
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: Curt on January 27, 2021, 08:31:11 AM
Really, they had to call it Zero? Besides Zero Motorcycles (https://www.zeromotorcycles.com/), there is the whole line of ZERO Scooters (https://zeroelectricscooter.com/collections/the-zero-scooter-collection). Both brands in my garage already.
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: Crissa on January 27, 2021, 10:12:07 AM
Isn't there also a Zero model of some ICE brand motorcycle?

-Crissa
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: staples on January 27, 2021, 10:36:37 AM
The word Zero is all over the products and brands. Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar, etc. These companies should use obscure words as their product and company names. See Google as an example. Who knew that a google was before Google?
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: Crissa on January 27, 2021, 01:44:55 PM
Coke Zero is at least not a motorcycle and it starts with 'Coke' not 'Zero'.

-Crissa
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: Richard230 on January 27, 2021, 08:51:59 PM
But will there be a Zero Two and a Zero Three?   ;)
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: staples on January 27, 2021, 09:31:53 PM
Zero Infinity!
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: igorbaldo on January 28, 2021, 10:14:00 PM
Quote from: princec on January 26, 2021, 09:07:22 PM
Sigh, more range bullshit. The formula is pretty much worked out by now, and it seems to be KWh x 5 = miles for the larger bikes down to about KWh x 10 for the smaller bikes, more or less, so anything outside of this range has to be viewed with extreme scepticism. Looks nice though.

Cas :)

I agree completely. The factories keep on throwing us these irrealistic numbers obtained in PERFECT conditions and ingenious calculations. Really annoying!
Title: Re: Zero One e-scooter
Post by: wavelet on January 31, 2021, 08:38:08 PM
Quote from: staples on January 27, 2021, 10:36:37 AM
The word Zero is all over the products and brands. Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar, etc. These companies should use obscure words as their product and company names. See Google as an example. Who knew that a google was before Google?
Actually, the original term is "googol", which long predates the company (coined in 1920 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol)).

I recall the term, most commonly in math books in the derived "googolplex" , equal to 10googol, in the 1980s.

The mis-spelling "google" in the company name is  supposedly accidental (https://www.webcitation.org/68ubHzYs7?url=http://graphics.stanford.edu/~dk/google_name_origin.html).