OFF THE WIRE
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Brammo, the Ashland, Oregon electric motorcycle company shipped its first
sport bike this week. We only really have Brammo’s word for this. The name of
the new owner is given simply “Ain” and you can see him beaming over his new
motorcycle on the company
website.
The company says Ain picked up his new electric motorcycle at Scuderia West
and that he is “elated.” Ain sent the company a fan letter which reads “This
bike is great!!! Definitely feels/handles more toward the sport bike side of
things, and it’s a kick running with only the slight electromechanical whir,
tire noise, and sound of the wind. You guys hit a home run!”
In the United States, you can buy Brammo Motorcycles at Scuderia in San
Francisco, Bartels Harley-Davidson in Marina del Rey, Euro Cycles of Tampa Bay
in Florida and at Suburban Motors, a Harley dealership in Thiensville,
Wisconsin.
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Brammo sells two motorcycle models called the Empulse and the Enertia. Both
bikes are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs.
The Enertia which the company is widely rumored to have been shipping since
July 2010, is a “commuter vehicle.” For what Brammo calls “High Speed Commuting”
in which the rider is likely to travel at speeds up to 65 miles per hour, the
Enertia has a range of about 20 miles. While they last, an Enertia costs
$7,995.
The Empulse, like the one Ain bought, is a sport bike. The Empulse weighs
about 470 pounds. It has a six speed transmission. The manufacturer says the
bike will go 100 miles per hour and 100 miles between charges. A reviewer for
Cycle World took the Empulse up to 85 miles per hour at 9000 rpm. The
top end Empulse costs $18,995.
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The Empulse was originally scheduled to ship about 18 months ago. It appears
to be shipping now. An upgraded version of the Enertia, called the Enertia Plus
will allow “High Speed Commuting” for up to 40 miles and may even be capable of
achieving average freeway speeds in Los Angeles. The Enertia Plus may begin
shipping early in 2013. The new model Enertia will cost $10,995.
Congress enthusiastically supports electric motorcycles. Until January 2012,
Brammo buyers qualified for a tax credit equal to ten percent of the bike’s
purchase price. According to the motorcycle manufacturer, “The advocacy group
Plug-In America has fought to retain the credits, and has indicated that it’s
possible they will be reinstated at a later date as part of further payroll-tax
extension legislation. Although a renewal of this tax credit is likely to be
retrospective in nature, neither the renewal nor the retrospective effect is
guaranteed. As with all tax matters, this information does not constitute tax
advice, please consult your tax advisor, attorney, or accountant for specific
details.”
Or you can just buy a brand new, 72-inch Harley Sportster for slightly less
than an Enertia Plus.
Comment
Fucktarded electric vehicles. What a waste of space, time and my air. Where the fuck do the morons think the electricity comes from to ‘charge up’ these fucking monstrosities? Coal and gas has to produce that electricity!
Where the fuck do the morons think all that lead and other stuff comes from to make all those fucking batteries? LAND! More land/earth needs to be dug up/mined for all that shit! Yet you don’t hear the tree-huggers or the simpleton senators and congresscritters say anything about that. Why? Because they’re too fucking stOOpid to think that far!
Electric vehicles are the biggest fucking scam to hit the market and all because most folk are too fucking retarded to think further than the tips of their shoes. These new LED bulbs…supposed to make the electric bills go down, yet the fucking things cost 15 times a normal bulb and the electric companies still raise the price of electricity anyway so that the bulbs make no difference except for the first one or two months!
Fucking tree huggers are screaming and ranting and dribbling all over themselves in their ignorance and imbecility over the *wrong* things! If they’d keep to saving the trees, which are what clean the fucking air and, if they’d pay fucking attention, bring the rains (why is it places with lots and lots of trees have lots and lots of rains? Why is it that places that trees are being clear cut and even select cut heavily are *losing* more and more rain? Because it’s all connected!!).
Bah! Fuck the morons, fuck ‘em all. They’re shitting where they eat and don’t have the sense to know better.
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