Comments on: Affordable, Powerful Electric Scooters Coming Soon

By: kite

kite — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:41:00 +0000

Hi,

Very nice to see such kind of scooter.

Looking forward to buy such one.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:44:03 +0000

The bikes are very cheap to charge and quick to charge. I take it to work and back (20 km trip) and is only use a little over 1/4 of my battery life. These bikes do not require a license in Canada. Because it has the actual pedals it is considered a power-assisted bike. Not a scooter. In Canada the law is anything over 35CC must have a license. Please check with you city what the laws are because they do vary.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:44:00 +0000

By: MaddOphelia

MaddOphelia — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:02:42 +0000

I’ve got an Oxygen Lepton-e electric scooter, and I love it. Insurance is $450 a year for ridiculously complete coverage and it costs me about $10 a month to charge. I drive it everywhere I go. Love it.

By: MaddOphelia

MaddOphelia — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:02:00 +0000

By: web design company

web design company — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:08:16 +0000

I could use one of these

By: web design company

web design company — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:08:00 +0000

I could use one of these

By: Zschamm

Zschamm — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:40:57 +0000

Jock, this was measured using a kill-a-watt meter plugged into the outlet so thats accounting for loss in AC-DC conversion (AC to DC adapters are notorious for being lossy) as well as loss just from the battery itself so not too bad at all all things considered.

By: Zschamm

Zschamm — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:40:00 +0000

By: BoredQuiz

BoredQuiz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:46:31 +0000

its not a scooter if you use pedals its a moped then

By: BoredQuiz

BoredQuiz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:46:00 +0000

its not a scooter if you use pedals its a moped then

By: Jim Wood

Jim Wood — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:43:29 +0000

1) NiZn batteries are only good for 200 cycles. INCORRECT. The PowerGenix batteries are rated at 600 cycles, more with proper maintenance.

2) Lead acid batteries are 90% efficient. INCORRECT. SLA batteries are only 50% efficient.

3. Recharging batteries will cost $100 a month. INCORRECT. 400 miles of use in a given month will cost about $10, depending on rates charged by the provider. NiZn batteries are much more efficient. They will reduce the charge time by approx. 75%, also considerably reduce the cost of the electricity required to recharge.

4. Lithium Manganese and Lithium Cobalt are not suitable for deep discharge applications due to the inherent danger of thermal runaway. The much discussed Lithium Phosphate, which reduces the danger of thermal runaway, is not yet commercially available at an affordable price. The only firmly scheduled construction of a manufacturing facility to produce LiFePO4 batteries is a joint venture between Johnson Controls and a French partner scheduled to 2009. It will be built in France with an estimated first year output of batteries suitable to electric cars of only 5,000 units.

By: Jim Wood

Jim Wood — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:43:00 +0000

1) NiZn batteries are only good for 200 cycles. INCORRECT. The PowerGenix batteries are rated at 600 cycles, more with proper maintenance.

2) Lead acid batteries are 90% efficient. INCORRECT. SLA batteries are only 50% efficient.

By: Michael N

Michael N — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:31:29 +0000

The NiZn batteries that PowerGenix is producing will recharge from 600 to 800 times – the gap is due to how people maintain their battery. In some of the earlier posts, I think people were looking at the history of NiZn batteries and not what PG has done. I believe it will be great to switch from lead-acid. This will be good for the environment and offer people an alternative form of transportation. I hope to see more people enjoying the ride of electric bikes. They are fun!

By: Michael N

Michael N — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:31:00 +0000