Bikes: Ducati 996 1 & only Class C DD Champion and KTM LC8 950 SMR
Posts: 2,395
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Newbury/Hungerford
Mood: It's not big, Its not funny, It's necessary
Hmmm just to add to that after watching the electric bikes that were with us on a couple of the DD rounds last year I really truely belived they were the future. But after reading a write up in the comic MCN about false claim in that it uses more precious and limited materials to make the battery than is does to wang a gallon of fuel out of the ground and thats before like you say Ray you start re charging it on the right.
I think Leccy vehicles are the future as the alternatives are limited. The question is Distant Future or Near Future
Battery powered vehicles have been out for decades now but development has been accelerating over the last few years.
Fossil fuels aren't going to last for ever and they are becoming harder to get out of the earth and have there own dramas doing so.
Having worked with radiation for 30 years of my life I'm all for nuclear power, I would prefer Fusion power but the JET project at Culham has been going for decades and progress is very very slow, so it looks like it will have to be Fission reactors. A major step in battery density has been going on over the last 6 months so the next generation of electric vehicles should be able to go faster or travel futher. KTMs Freeride concept bike could well be launched later this year
And if Leccy vehicles do take over from petrol and diesel vehicles where is the chancellor going to get his tax revenue from
Bikes: Ducati 996 1 & only Class C DD Champion and KTM LC8 950 SMR
Posts: 2,395
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Newbury/Hungerford
Mood: It's not big, Its not funny, It's necessary
Lol Kev, Having a battery Tax Oh and a battery licence. I expect Halfords will have sell a big boy battery to replace the big boy exaust. And nothing to do with the subject but I found this whilst googling for a stupid picture on big boy batterys.. WT*