EV motorcycle - Tesla powered - Mission Motorcycles

[XV1100SE]

Electric bikes are really starting to take off past the concept stage. More companies are releasing or developing them.

 

At some point... loud pipes will be replaced by the whir of electric motors.

 

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/05/mission-motorcycles-rs/

 

At its core is a 160 horsepower (120 kW) electric motor outputting 120 pound-feet of torque from zero RPM to redline. Combined with a single-speed transmission, that’s good enough to get the RS from rest to 60 mph in under three seconds and top out at 150 mph.

 

More impressive is the lithium-ion battery, which packs 17 kWh of juice — one kWh more than the miserable four-wheeled Mitsubishi i-MiEV — along with a pair of on-board chargers that allow nine kW worth of energy transfer during charging. All told, Mission estimates a max range of 200 miles, but on the combined city/highway cycle, riders will get 140 miles in the real world, and be able to top up that massive battery pack in around two hours through the industry standard J1772 Level 2 charging stations. According to Seeger, “Even a short rest stop is enough time to add a significant amount of range.”

 

Now all I need is $60k.... in a touring bike package.