It looks amazing, but I'm having trouble understanding where the power comes from.
The Kickstarter says 20 mph, 6 mile range, 2000 watts, which gives an energy of 600 watt hours.
A Macbook battery is around 60 watt hours, and weighs about 1.5 pounds; 10 of those would weigh 15 pounds - and take up a ton of space. I don't see the volume of even ONE in any of the photos I've seen.
The battery is just under 100 watt hours. The motor power lets you accelerate uphill, but the range is calculated from riding at a constant speed on flat ground.
I wonder what sort of grade it can climb, and how far. As a "last mile" vehicle this looks quite promising but for me the "last mile" of my commute is my entire commute (well, two miles), and it is straight up a hill.
I rode one of these at SXSW. It has a lot of torque. I am 230 lbs and it had no trouble getting to top speed in a hurry. I didn't try it on a hill but I bet it'd do fine.
The Kickstarter says 20 mph, 6 mile range, 2000 watts, which gives an energy of 600 watt hours.
A Macbook battery is around 60 watt hours, and weighs about 1.5 pounds; 10 of those would weigh 15 pounds - and take up a ton of space. I don't see the volume of even ONE in any of the photos I've seen.
Where's 600 watt hours of battery hiding?