Going electric?

[Kyle Fox]

She's too pretty (and costly) for me to bring to the track. I crash too much. Should probably sign up for some rider coaching, if someone knows a good organization. ;)

But it's the road version of the spec bike for the new Moto E class for MotoGP. I bought it on the assumption that the teams and riders signing up for MotoE had done their homework.

What other electric vehicles are you basing your assertions on?

[Jim Dugger]

Should probably sign up for some rider coaching, if someone knows a good organization. ;)

Ty Howard is great!

I bought it on the assumption that the teams and riders signing up for MotoE had done their homework.

They did, but it doesn't change the physical realities of the bike or the technology at this time. It's 600lbs, has limited power storage, and riding it hard you throw away a lot of that power on the brakes, or overheat the batteries with excessive regen. The issue is really the batteries more than anything with electric vehicles; the power density and duty cycle just isn't there.

What other electric vehicles are you basing your assertions on?

Brammo and Tesla. The latter has never made it a full lap around a racetrack with a professional driver without going into limp mode to my knowledge.

For what it's worth, the Formula E open wheel cars do a mid-race vehicle swap to get around the range issues.