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Chances of a plug in electric Spyder...
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Bob Denman
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I sort of disagree... :dontknow:
This Country is just too large, and the electric grid itself isn't robust enough... nojoke
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? :dontknow:
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.
bikerbillone
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BRP had an Eco version of Spyder. They got government (Canadian) funding for the project. We speculated about it back a few years ago. I am thinking slim chance. I don't see people buying a $40K Spyder with low miles between re-charges. I will see if I can come up with a photo from the archives.
I did an April Fool with it twice.
2013: 4600 + viewed it and 19 comments
2017: 1300 + viewed it and 29 comments
A reprint shown below. PS. I said I would not repeat the April Fool.
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BRP announced today that the new Can Am Hybrid Roadster would be available in June of 2017. It is a combination of an electric powered unit with a small back up Rotax engine. Mileage on the electric charge is said to be a hundred miles plus (no typo here) and another hundred and twenty five miles on the rotax.
The model will be come in a Premier Edition only and there will only be 250 made for the year 2017. Cost is an unbelievable $36,999. (I was predicting in the $40K or higher range.)
Just a quick FYI.
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.
They need to talk to Elon over at Tesla. You can buy 2 model 3's for that price! (maybe not 2 but still...)
bikerbillone
Well-known member
Also, for that price point, you can buy two hybrid Prius cars that gets 70 mpg and $ left to buy more regular fuel. Not dissing the proto type Spyder, jus sayin.
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
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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Bob Denman
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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... :dontknow:
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.
Bob Denman
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:agree: But what kind of car get you get for 30K?
At least when you buy a Spyder: you've bought the best! :thumbup:
At least when you buy a Spyder: you've bought the best! :thumbup:
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
From post #26:
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
I respectfully disagree. The $70K figure came from BRP and look at the prices for electric cars that use the same technology.
Adding a $10K battery pack to the current technology--will easily bump the price of an RT through the $40K estimate.
If BRP were to use the Ryker platform--we might end up with a $20 - $25K package. I am not a buyer for that--or for an electric. My information was given with the intent to get people thinking in favor or not.
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
I respectfully disagree. The $70K figure came from BRP and look at the prices for electric cars that use the same technology.
Adding a $10K battery pack to the current technology--will easily bump the price of an RT through the $40K estimate.
If BRP were to use the Ryker platform--we might end up with a $20 - $25K package. I am not a buyer for that--or for an electric. My information was given with the intent to get people thinking in favor or not.
Bob Denman
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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! :shocked:
The urge to flee on it was...….. very strong!
The BRP rep told me that it was a $250,000 bike! :shocked:
The urge to flee on it was...….. very strong!
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
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! :shocked:
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.
OK, like I said in the parentheses, "maybe not 2 but still..." :lecturef_smilie:, 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-model-3-base-price-coming-new-battery-module-design/
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IdahoMtnSpyder
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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.
?????
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. :2thumbs:
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. :2thumbs:
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