Zeromotorcyles <a href="http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zeromotorcycles.com/</a> since at least 2008 <a href="http://www.wired.com/2008/12/the-greening-of/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/2008/12/the-greening-of/</a>
I ride this 650 <a href="http://instagram.com/p/VtGOXeldRY/" rel="nofollow">http://instagram.com/p/VtGOXeldRY/</a><p>I fill it once every 2 weeks and get about 200km for $20AUD. I could probably get more but i can't help but strap it everywhere. It also takes less than a minute to fill the tank, and about the same to pay the cashier.<p>I can kind of see where they were going with the design - its harping back to classic designs of the 1950's - but its no Morgan <a href="http://www.morgan3wheeler.co.uk/desktopindex.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.morgan3wheeler.co.uk/desktopindex.html</a>
Wired was not kind. <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/04/johammer-j1-electric-motorcycle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/2014/04/johammer-j1-electric-motorcycle...</a>
Ugh, I love the concept of electric but we saw what happened with cars. You have to make these look as good if not better than the existing motorcycles for this to take off. These look awful aesthetically. I own a gsxr 600 and I would definitely upgrade to electric and pay more but the bike has to look awesome.
Oh, in 2007 we could have had one for only $2100. To dream. <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/cars/intriguing-electric-bike-the-ev-x7-prototype.html#d" rel="nofollow">http://www.treehugger.com/cars/intriguing-electric-bike-the-...</a><p>All that said, Johammer certainly looks interesting.
I don't know what its range is, but I'd rather ride this: <a href="http://youtu.be/6EI6IhNqGCU" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/6EI6IhNqGCU</a>
Electric is less compelling for motorcycles from the get-go because you can easily get ludicrous gasoline fuel efficiency. A conservatively driven 650cc bike can get 60+ mpg. There are hobbyist diesel motorcycles that get crazy mileage.<p>This of course hints at the major problem with car efficiency, which is excess weight. Federal safety mandates have made cars way more heavy than they used to be, so that despite 20% improvements in engine efficiency modern gasoline cars merely match the cars of 30 years yore. The big culprit, from what I gather, is the roll safety requirement. Take a hacksaw and welder to a modern sedan and electric doesn't really make much sense. Gasoline is still the way to go.