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Electric Spyders on the way
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I think a plug-in hybrid Spyder would be a neat thing. Just think, you can park in those real close in spaces at the stores, plug in the cable, even if you don't need a charge, and take the short walk to the door. Just as good as using recently passed Granny's handicap placard.
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Lighten up Mike, I was joking. My granny passed away before there were handicap placards and I would NEVER advocate doing that anyway. I should have put a smiley face at the end of the post for those who failed to see the humor. My mistake tho...I tend to make my jokes sound like I'm telling a real story, until the punchline comes on. No insult intended.
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Let's keep this on topic and discuss the actual potential of the electric version of the Spyder. If it continues posts may be deleted by moderators.
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OK then....Just read my first sentence and ignore the rest. I'm new here and haven't realized how serious you folks are. I'll stifle my humor. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by akspyderman
It does sound like BRP is for real this time. Will be interesting to see what they really do come up with. Of course...I am a fuddy duddy with the "wait and see" attitude.
Nothing wrong with that. But if BRP asked me to be a Beta Tester of an electric, I'd jump at the chance. However, I envision an electric vehicle of any kind to be an errand runner or commuter, not a cross country tourer.
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Originally Posted by RICZ
Nothing wrong with that. But if BRP asked me to be a Beta Tester of an electric, I'd jump at the chance. However, I envision an electric vehicle of any kind to be an errand runner or commuter, not a cross country tourer.
And me too on a free Beta Test unit. But...that is not going to happen here--even though it should. (Alaska)
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Originally Posted by RICZ
Lighten up Mike, I was joking. My granny passed away before there were handicap placards and I would NEVER advocate doing that anyway. I should have put a smiley face at the end of the post for those who failed to see the humor. My mistake tho...I tend to make my jokes sound like I'm telling a real story, until the punchline comes on. No insult intended.
I have the same problem on this forum. Subtle humor often doesn't work out the way you intend it.
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Originally Posted by akspyderman
And me too on a free Beta Test unit. But...that is not going to happen here--even though it should. (Alaska)
Don't sell yourself short...they might want to do cold weather testing. Batteries don't put out as much in the cold.
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I would miss the roar of the gasoline motor.
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BRP locked down some "E-Bike" patents in order to freeze out the competition.
Then they sat on the technology...
Zero is currently building about the best of the battery-powered bikes, and have a model that can surpass 200 miles on a single charge.
If BRP can't match or top that: I'm not interested.
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Originally Posted by kbwitt
I would miss the roar of the gasoline motor.
Kenn
Put playing cards in the spokes. That worked when you were kid on a bicycle.
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
BRP locked down some "E-Bike" patents in order to freeze out the competition.
Then they sat on the technology...
Zero is currently building about the best of the battery-powered bikes, and have a model that can surpass 200 miles on a single charge.
If BRP can't match or top that: I'm not interested.
200 miles sounds great; that's my range for a tank of gas. BUT... how long does their re-charge take, compared to refilling a gas tank?
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Originally Posted by missouriboy
200 miles sounds great; that's my range for a tank of gas. BUT... how long does their re-charge take, compared to refilling a gas tank?
At least one to one and a half hours but still not fully charged. You will have to really have to go to the bathroom or eat the footlong instead of the 6 inch.
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Until there's an established infrastructure that allows for swapping out standardized batteries for fresh ones: these critters will be useful for short trips around Town, and the odd 100 mile round trip to nowhere...
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Until there's an established infrastructure that allows for swapping out standardized batteries for fresh ones: these critters will be useful for short trips around Town, and the odd 100 mile round trip to nowhere...
Not if they have fast recharge times, like 1 hour or less. Charge it up while taking a lunch break. Problem solved. Can go cross-country that way.
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Every man and his dog is working on or is about to release an ev of some sort.It's almost as if it's a statement by the manufacturers of their engineering and green credibility yet so far consumers haven't swallowed the kool-aid to any great extent.
Tesla Roadster has it all but at $250K if you work out how much of the planets resources has to be consumed to cough up that sort of money in the first place it turns out it is about a green as the surface of Mars.
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Agree Idaho, now and for as far the eye can see, this is on some drawing board somewhere. As for the word 'hybrid', is that meaning some combination of gas and electric? I don't see anyway that could work on a m/c.
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