That looks a lot like the ELF <http://organictransit.com/> product of the company I just started working for. I was previously a beta tester for them. It is a good design. I have been hired to develop new products, but I hope I can add to their manufacturing, purchasing and other efforts as well.
Since I am an employee you have to take what I say with an open & skeptical mind. I do still have the beta I bought, and commuted 25 miles each way with. (25 miles takes about 1kWh at 48VDC nominal on my older machine. I degraded my LFP batteries by charging them fully in the hot sun, and have not bought new packs. Now my commute is too long. I think their current packs are better than the ones I have, but I have no personal experience with them. The ELF they sell now is better than mine in a number of ways. Fit and finish, some suspension improvements, many small manufacturing details are better now.. Mpre options are available. It's effective and fun in an urban setting. It is easy for car drivers to see, and car traffic seems to treat you well - I have found it makes things go smoother if you wave people around you when it makes sense - some people just will not cross a double yellow without "permission.". In suburbia you may want to find more of the 25mph roads, but it really gets you across intersections, up to speed from a dead stop, and up hills in a way no HPV only bike can do. On 25mph residential streets you will almost never hold up car traffic. On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Ben Goren via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > On May 3, 2015, at 12:27 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > The Human Assisted Electric Vehicle could reach speeds of up to 40 mph > and > > has a range of about 50 miles. The entire vehicle cost about $4,000 to > > produce. > > Velomobiles are wonderful, as are electric-assist velomobiles. I'm not so > sure they'll well suited for American suburbia...but there are definitely > those for whom such a vehicle is perfect. > > The thing that surprises me, though, is that price tag. It's not that hard > to spend that much on a recumbent trike, let alone add a fairing and an > electric motor, and velomobiles generally start at that price and up -- > potentially way up for high performance ones. > > Anybody know any more about this one? > > b& > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 801 bytes > Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150503/22e9d827/attachment.pgp > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150503/2847c612/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
