I think we've reached the beginning of the electric vehicle revolution. It started almost unnoticed with Chevy Volt's. Actually I think the real beginning was started by cell phones, and lap tops. They taught us we could use our electric stuff by day, and charge at night. That lead the way for Chevy Volt's, and Leaf's, but now the major player is Tesla. Tesla's with their 400 hp, and 4.4, zero to 60 mph is serving notice to the auto world that electric's have arrived big time. In something like a year and a half from now Tesla is coming out with a lower cost car said to be in the $30,000 range. BMW has now announced that they're coming out with their own electric car soon.
In the bike world we have Zero's, and Brammo's. These bikes are showing up in Cycle World magazine on a regular basis now. At least 6 times last year by my count. There's now an electric Moto GP on the Isle of Man every year.
In the bicycle world home builders were leading the way, but now there's tons of manufacturers making factory electric bikes for the masses. Price has been the major obstacle as high end electric bicycles were previously in the $30,00 to $80,000 range, but then company's like Stealth Electric bikes arrived on the scene with extremely high performance motor bicycles at a fraction of the price of these previous high end bikes.
I think the main problem so far wasn't the price, but was performance. Chevy Volt's, and Leaf's just don't have it. Tesla's do, and even though they're vastly more expensive price hasn't been an obstacle to success. Stealth electric bicycles are now in the same position. Sales are starting to sky rocket driven by mind blowing performance possible from electric vehicles. The power delivery of a powerful electric is so much more satisfying than an ice motor you won't ever want to go back.
Once this fire is started it will rage out of control for years until electric vehicles take complete control of the market. I'm pretty sure we're seeing the start right now, right before our eyes. It's the same thing that happened to the buggy whip factory's all over again.
Acceptance for the time being is still hard to come by for hard core skeptics, but it's getting harder and harder to argue in the face of success of these vehicles. Success driven by performance, and quality. I ought to know, because I used to be one of the most ardent skeptics, so when you see guy's like me won over, you know it's only a matter of time now. Prepare to be assimilated, you can't fight the Borg.
In the bike world we have Zero's, and Brammo's. These bikes are showing up in Cycle World magazine on a regular basis now. At least 6 times last year by my count. There's now an electric Moto GP on the Isle of Man every year.
In the bicycle world home builders were leading the way, but now there's tons of manufacturers making factory electric bikes for the masses. Price has been the major obstacle as high end electric bicycles were previously in the $30,00 to $80,000 range, but then company's like Stealth Electric bikes arrived on the scene with extremely high performance motor bicycles at a fraction of the price of these previous high end bikes.
I think the main problem so far wasn't the price, but was performance. Chevy Volt's, and Leaf's just don't have it. Tesla's do, and even though they're vastly more expensive price hasn't been an obstacle to success. Stealth electric bicycles are now in the same position. Sales are starting to sky rocket driven by mind blowing performance possible from electric vehicles. The power delivery of a powerful electric is so much more satisfying than an ice motor you won't ever want to go back.
Once this fire is started it will rage out of control for years until electric vehicles take complete control of the market. I'm pretty sure we're seeing the start right now, right before our eyes. It's the same thing that happened to the buggy whip factory's all over again.
Acceptance for the time being is still hard to come by for hard core skeptics, but it's getting harder and harder to argue in the face of success of these vehicles. Success driven by performance, and quality. I ought to know, because I used to be one of the most ardent skeptics, so when you see guy's like me won over, you know it's only a matter of time now. Prepare to be assimilated, you can't fight the Borg.
