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Originally Posted by bikerbillone
Egads, who among us is gonna fork out $40K for this machine? For the few who can and will, not worth the production for BRP.
There is another post where they claim BRP said it was going to cost about $70K. I guess I was being very generous with my $40K guess.
SEE Post #20
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Even the top of the line Zero E-motorcycle costs roughly $14k
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Originally Posted by akspyderman
There is another post where they claim BRP said it was going to cost about $70K. I guess I was being very generous with my $40K guess.
SEE Post #20
None of those numbers mean anything: they're just guessing about what it might have cost to develop, and press releases are notoriously unreliable anyway...
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Originally Posted by DaveZinAz
They need to talk to Elon over at Tesla. You can buy 2 model 3's for that price! (maybe not 2 but still...)
Try more like one new Model 3. Then again you can buy a lot of cars for cheaper than a loaded RT. I know I drive one. Lol
You can't compare the prices for a Spyder to an automobile.
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Back in 2012: I got to road-test one of the first ST models... (an ST-Limited...)
The BRP rep told me that it was a $250,000 bike!
The urge to flee on it was...….. very strong!
Through the magic of "cost accounting" they were probably right on. They have to save those numbers for their R & D tax deductions. I don't know if the Canadians have to "capitalize" or if they can "expense" those numbers the same year.
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IT HAS BEEN A LONG, WONDERFUL, AND FUN RIDE.
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Originally Posted by DaveZinAz
They need to talk to Elon over at Tesla. You can buy 2 model 3's for that price! (maybe not 2 but still...)
Originally Posted by Culpjp
Try more like one new Model 3...
OK, like I said in the parentheses, "maybe not 2 but still..." , however, based on the 70K price mentioned elsewhere in this thread AND the as of yet unreleased standard battery Model 3 that has been touted as being in the 35K price range, I was somewhat close.
https://electrek.co/2018/08/14/tesla...module-design/
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Once they embed induction chargers in the roads everywhere, then I would be interested in an electric vehicle.... always charging even while moving and no stopping for fuel. Of course the quick stops will have to institute a "facilities" charge to make up for it...
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
I sort of disagree...
This Country is just too large, and the electric grid itself isn't robust enough...
When it takes four or five long days to traverse the Continent with our current gas-powered vehicles; how long will it take to manage the same trip using battery power?
Your travel range is too short...
Your recharge times are too long...
While electrically powered vehicles may prove to ultimately be the future: it's HOW the power is generated, that will be the breakthrough.
But most traveling is less than 200 to 500 miles in a single trip. Even OTR trucks have mostly short trips. That's why Tesla is pursuing all electric OTR trucks. Supposedly UPS has several hundred pre-ordered.
You're dead on about the power generation bit. It would be better to generate the power and use it to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen and use fuel cells in vehicles. That way generation would not have to occur simultaneously with consumption.
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70k for an electric spyder when currently the price of a low millage used spyder is below 20k, and falling. Just how much gas do you think you can buy for 50k and how long would it last you and how far could you go. Most of us won't likely live that long. So what's the point, just wishful thinking I guess. Anyway, I'd hate to be stuck in late fall somewhere between "nowhere and where am I," in desperate need of a 110 outlet. The way I'd prefer to travel, for short trips anyway, is by using a personal jet pack.
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