The coming of the electric motorcycle

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The petrol-engined Derbi on the racetrack

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One person with quite a deal of experience of racing electric motorcycles against two-strokes is Cary De Witt of Eveez. Eveez has been racing a pocketbike for 18 months now and has yet to be beaten by any motorcycle, of any capacity. Check out this video showing the startling performance of the Eveez machine against a field of two-stroke motorcycles.

De Witt told Gizmag, “as a the general rule of thumb, to equate race potential between electric and petrol engines on tight to medium racetracks, multiply the horsepower rating by three. That is, if you have a 10kw electric motor, you’ll need a 30kw petrol motor to stay with it.”

All this augers well for electric motorcycles. Imagine the P2 Symetron motor in a motorcycle with its 420 foot pounds of torque. That would be a motorcycle capable of mixing it with just about anything with an internal combustion engine.

It might not snarl and roar, but it would be one hell of a motorcycle.

NOTE: Though Electric Motorsport produces performance electric bikes, the company also wholeheartedly supports the electric vehicle as an environmentally neutral vehicle.

“We are here because we want to support renewable energy transportation,” says Kolin.

“A lot of our customers have solar systems. Last night I delivered a new Oxygen scooter to a customer who has a solar array on his roof. So he can charge his vehicle off the solar panels on his house and that way he doesn’t have to pay for any petrol to get to and from work.”

“If you have electric vehicles you can use windpower, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, just about any renewable power source to charge, and if that’s the way you get your power, then it becomes a true zero emissions vehicle.

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