MarctheSharc
PR Founding Father
I haven seen the weight of the bike listed anywhere ?
I haven seen the weight of the bike listed anywhere ?
Yea every tesla goes in for a battery replacement yearly. Guaranteed by o.
Lol, you know as well as i do these bikes don't have tesla technology batteries in them. But even tesla batteries dont last forever. Anything rechargeable sees a diminishing return on the life of a charge each time. Cell phones Don't hold a charge like new in far less than a year. Many ev cars have had issues with batteries not lasting. The average life of a lithium ion battery is 3-500 charges. So the ktm could easily use that up in a year. Not to mention after 100 cycles the battery will only last about 80% of the original charge time. By 200 cycles probably only 60%. My kid put 100 hours on his 65 in less than a year. Do the math.
Yes the truth hurts.
Now if we could only mane lithium mines eco friendly HAHAHA! Electric is not more environmentally friendly, its just the new Black.
Its all about the bearing quality and the armature. Re winding an armature isn't rocket science, somebody is going to offer the service and taking apart an electric motor is a lot easier than splitting cases.So I wonder what the life expectancy of the electric motor is? Or the cost?
Unlike a car, these motor's will get the snot ran out of them.
I think it's unlikely that you see electric bikes completely overtake the market, but who knows what will happen 100 years from now. The arguments for waning life in electric batteries aren't completely unjustified, but 500 cycles in a year is 208 hours of ride time at a hard pace. If you're currently putting those sorts of insanes hours on your race bike and dont own at least 1 or 2 practice bikes then I would be surprised. There have been studies in the past on electric vehicles that show that for the additional purchase price, you will likely never see a return on the long term total cost of ownership. These are probably similar. You're not likely going to save a ton of money, but if they help grow the sport in areas of the country that people are limited from riding in now (I.e. urban) then I think it's good for the sport. Future of trails riding may face a similar fate in the not too distant future.