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majorian on April 18, 2008 - 10:02am

Kyle,
Wow!
Your ZEV Ninja is very cool! From what I read you can do around 10 miles at ~20-50 mph on the battery before recharging. That's pretty good IMHO. In case I missed it, could you post a bit more on charging and range.
I've been skeptical of batteries, EVs but I want to hear more good news on that front.
Thanks for the post.

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DaveMart on April 18, 2008 - 11:16am

The Th!nk seems to be the first practical EV car to hit the market:

The first such general consumption electric auto to reach UK motorists will be the Norwegian TH!NK city EV which goes on sale during the last quarter of this year. Revealed at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show earlier this month, the TH!NK city is a two-seater with a top speed of 65 mph, a zero to 30 mph time of just 6.5 seconds and it’ll reach 50 mph in 16 seconds – perfectly respectable ‘round town performance at legal speeds, and it’ll run another 124 miles after an overnight ten hour charge from any domestic power outlet.

http://www.gizmag.com/ukp14000-thnk-city-electric-car-ready-for-showroom...

the first models are due for release in Noway this spring, which will allow better evaluation.

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KJD on April 19, 2008 - 12:20am

The Lectric Ninja has done 45 miles on a single charge. This was at moderate speeds around town. If you go top speed of 55 all the time the range will be proportionally less.

I rode the bike to work twice this week. Hopefully the weather will allow more riding soon. This bike was built in about 90 days of spare time. After work I plug it into a solar charge station on the roof of my work shop.

BEV's are available today. You just have to be willing to build your own. This is why the big three will become minor players in the near future as Th!nk and Tesla lead us to the future.

Israel and Denmark will lead also with Project Better Place and USA will play catch up as usual.

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