Agreed, but neither the Kickstarter nor the Facebook page gives any more detail than that the campaign is ended on request of the project starters. So, it is anybody's guess whether they found a technical issue or a legal glitch, or a supplier backed out or they redid the business case and it was not going to work out with new info they had, or something changed in their lives and they could not longer commit to this project...
The only added info is a reply on Facebook that possibly in future, they might retry to launch. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Doc Kennedy via EV Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 6:17 AM To: brucedp5; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: $5k ATX 8080 totally-tubular two-wheeler r:80km ts:80kph (v) Yes but what's the problem? Looks like some one pulled the plug on the project with Kick Start. It would be interest To know what happened. Doc at E-Machines On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:15 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > http://www.autoblog.com/2015/07/15/atx-8080-electric-scooter-raises-ru > ckus-kickstarter/ ATX 8080 electric scooter raises a ruckus on > Kickstarter Jul 15th 2015 Domenick Yoney > > [images > http://www.autoblog.com/photos/atx-8080-electric-scooter/ > Gallery ATX 8080 Electric Scooter > > > video flash > ] > > Some of the most compelling designs are also the most simple, and > stripped down, bones-showing vehicles certainly grab our attention. > The ATX 8080 from Austin Electric Powersports is one such exoskeletal > head-turning effort. > Almost halfway through its life-giving Kickstarter campaign, it's also > approaching the halfway mark to being a funded reality. > > With a look reminiscent of the Honda Ruckus, this electric scooter > pushes past the 49-cc limits of that Japanese gas burner, requiring > riders to possess a motorcycle endorsement. In return for that bit of > red tape, this totally tubular two-wheeler takes you from traffic-cone > status to viable commuter, with an 80-kph (50-mile per hour) top speed > and 80-kilometer (50 > miles) range (hence, its 8080 nomenclature). > > The heart of this battery-powered beast is the "oneDrive" system from > KLD Energy, which is the progenitor of this project. This patented > power unit is a low-voltage, high-frequency, hub motor design that > said to be good for > 147.5 pound-feet of torque (no kW rating is given). From a performance > perspective, this translates to 0-to-25 mph in 3.2 seconds, and > 0-to-50 mph in 9.4. > > Speaking of batteries, the ATX 8080 uses Samsung-sourced cells – good > for > 90,000 km (55,923 miles) of riding – to create a somewhat ponderous > 33-kg > (72.75-lb) 3.14 kWh box. Charge time to 80 percent is two hours, > through any household socket. It will need to stay plugged in twice as > long to completely top it off, though. > > The price offered through the Kickstarter campaign is $5,250, or a > matching set for $10,000 even. If you just want to offer support, they > have some interesting rewards, such as a three-day pass to the 2016 > Moto GP event and/or a weekend pass to the Austin City Limits Music > Festival. You can keep up with the ATX 8080 over on its Facebook page, > and if you haven't already, check out the video above to get the whole > pitch and see the scooter in action. > [© 2015 AOL] > ... > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1864797206/the-atx-8080-charge-yo > ur-ride-change-the-world ATX 8080 - Charge Your Ride. Change the World > http://www.atx8080.com/ ... > http://www.kldenergy.com/onedrive/ > KLD Energy > ... > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=totally+tubular > totally tubular > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tubular > (a surfer term) > > http://seaburytides.org/940/opinion/opinion-so-what-does-totally-tubul > ar-actually-mean/ > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/70255276/auckland-council-begins-repla > cing-petrol-cars-with-electric-vehicles > Auckland Council begins w/ 2 Leaf EVs toward replacing ice-fleet > > > http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/scooters-india-gets-shock-told-go-gree > n-or-face-selloff-844 Scooters.in last chance> go Electric or face > selloff > > > http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2015/jul/15/city-steamboat-devotes- > two-parking-spaces-10th-str/ Free Charge Point dual L2 CT4000 EVSE > @Steamboat_Springs-CO > + > EVLN: Zoe EV top trim level> more range and L3 r:240km c:1hr@L3-22kW > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-5k-A > TX-8080-totally-tubular-two-wheeler-r-80km-ts-80kph-v-tp4676852.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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