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Italian Electric Sportbike - Energica Ego

Has anyone ever looked into how much insurance is for an electric superbike? Wonder what it would be like relative to a gas powered ss.
 
Renboy said:
Has anyone ever looweight, to how much insurance is for an electric superbike? Wonder what it would be like relative to a gas powered ss.
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Special category. Costs more.
The future ratings will all be power and weight based, no more engine displacements.
 
Directly from the FAQ on the website:

What about the range of Energica?
The range depends on its use, just like any type of vehicle. You’ll get about 150 km range with an average speed of 80 km/h, and 190/200 km with an average speed of 60 km/h (street circuit). On racetrack you’ll get about 50 km range with an average speed of 100 km/h, but the Energica Ego is a streetbike not a racebike!

It takes too long to recharge the batteries!
FALSE. Energica EGO has a battery charging system of 110-220 V with a cable interface on the electric column. It will also be available with a recharge inlet for the FAST CHARGE DC Combo 2. So in AC charging (alternating current, such as at home) Energica recharges from 0 to 100% in about 3.5 h, while in DC charging from 0 to 85% in less than 30 min.

Right away they say it's not a race bike so taking it to the track wouldn't make it shine. They do have race options on the web site, but not much info on it (1.1, 1.2, 1.4 models).

If somehow you could rig up a capable DC system at the track, you could run flat out all day long if they are running 3, 15 minute groups.

 
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SlowMo said:


If somehow you could rig up a capable DC system at the track, you could run flat out all day long if they are running 3, 15 minute groups.
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I doubt the batteries could survive a lot of rapid charging.

The solution would be easy-swapable battery packs.
 
SlowMo said:
Directly from the FAQ on the website:

What about the range of Energica?
The range depends on its use, just like any type of vehicle. You’ll get about 150 km range with an average speed of 80 km/h, and 190/200 km with an average speed of 60 km/h (street circuit). On racetrack you’ll get about 50 km range with an average speed of 100 km/h, but the Energica Ego is a streetbike not a racebike!

It takes too long to recharge the batteries!
FALSE. Energica EGO has a battery charging system of 110-220 V with a cable interface on the electric column. It will also be available with a recharge inlet for the FAST CHARGE DC Combo 2. So in AC charging (alternating current, such as at home) Energica recharges from 0 to 100% in about 3.5 h, while in DC charging from 0 to 85% in less than 30 min.

Right away they say it's not a race bike so taking it to the track wouldn't make it shine. They do have race options on the web site, but not much info on it (1.1, 1.2, 1.4 models).

If somehow you could rig up a capable DC system at the track, you could run flat out all day long if they are running 3, 15 minute groups.
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That's more impressive, thanks. Still, they're openly admitting that it's a poseur bike. Dumb.
 
SlowMo said:
http://green.autoblog.com/2013/11/25/energica-ego-is-italian-for-awesome-w-video/

energicasuperbike.com

Top speed 240 km/h.
Not really sold on the rear shock.. otherwise looks interesting.
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Forget about the rear shock.....it looks like a cross pollination of a Buell XB12R (head lights), Triumph Daytona 650 (semi angular bulbous tail), Suzuki Katana (swooshy mid section), Derbi GPR 125 (pointy nose and odd angular bits) and a Panigale 899 (swing arm and rear shock):

Get Maury over here to sort this thing out!

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Are you implying all sport bikes look pretty much the same and copy design elements from each other? I'm shocked.
also, anyone know where to by good Electric aftermarket exhaust?

add this...

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fastar1 said:
That's more impressive, thanks. Still, they're openly admitting that it's a poseur bike. Dumb.
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I dunno. I think it's better to be honest and up front with what your bike is than make a whack of claims that are false or misleading. 99% of the bikes on the street are not ridden to their potential at all (and that would make 99% of us poseurs then). If you're riding a modern SS 600+ to the limit on the street you're just waiting for Darwin to strike.

The bike is capable of every day usage from what I can see. If you want a super go fast bike that is really not practical for the street then by all means go buy a litre bike (seriously, do you need a 300 km/h+ bike with 185+ horsepower to get around have have a spirited ride here and there?).

They're no doubt hoping to snag environmentally minded riders who see electric bikes as the future. They have a horrific price tag right now, but that's part and parcel with buying into up and coming tech of any kind.
 
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SlowMo said:
I dunno. I think it's better to be honest and up front with what your bike is than make a whack of claims that are false or misleading. 99% of the bikes on the street are not ridden to their potential at all (and that would make 99% of us poseurs then). If you're riding a modern SS 600+ to the limit on the street you're just waiting for Darwin to strike.

The bike is capable of every day usage from what I can see. If you want a super go fast bike that is really not practical for the street then by all means go buy a litre bike (seriously, do you need a 300 km/h+ bike with 185+ horsepower to get around have have a spirited ride here and there?).

They're no doubt hoping to snag environmentally minded riders who see electric bikes as the future. They have a horrific price tag right now, but that's part and parcel with buying into up and coming tech of any kind.
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I don't see electrics as an environmental thing, more as a new era tech thing.
18-40+ year old men buy everything based on numbers, so they can talk about HP and top speed -two really meaningless measures of a bike.

BTW: MCN is the only magazine that occasionally tests HP numbers and weight numbers on bikes they test, and the level of fibbing can be huge by some [cough]buell[cough], [cough]ducati[cough]

Companies like this, and the US companies, are not planning to make money by selling bikes, they are using R&D to make their companies a target for buyout. Price drop will only come from mass production facilities -that will not happen in North America. At some point, someone will sell out their tech to China.
The closest thing to a real bike is from Brammo, but both Honda and Yamaha have active electric programs in R&D , and these bikes are coming.
 
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