General Community Discussions

New member ... My name is Joy. I bought my electric bike in 2001 with a subsidy from the city of Santa Cruz. Now I live in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Colorado. It's a hybrid road/mountain bike conversion, with a 24v lead-acid battery mounted above the rear wheel. I just ordered my fourth battery!

I live off the grid, using 24v solar. I'd very much like to be able to charge directly off of this, or even better get an on-board panel to increase power and range. I may also get additional batteries to switch over and recharge a few miles away, again to increase range. I am 15 miles back on mostly dirt roads, and must contend with low temps, snow, and wind.

I'm getting closer to the dream of true solar electric transportation. Wish me luck, introduce yourself, and give me ideas.

Cheers,

Joy

Hello everyone,

My name is "NeedABike"

I've been looking for months online and in Arizona for an
electric bike or trik that would fit a 6'4", 250lb guy
and I'm having no luck.

Can anyone out there help my find a bike for me?

or

Can you recomend a dealer in the Phoenix metro area where
I can test ride and make sure it fits me?

please email: list2ullc@yahoo.com with any info you might have.

Thanks

I thought this site was for electric vehicle related discussion but I feel its more of a Vectrix owner site. Anyone notice this?

Hey everyone,

I am in Annecy France for a couple of weeks. Are there any electric vehicles I can seek out while I am here??

I have wonderd why noone has used super conductors for there desighn of EV's. It seems to me that with the super conductors avalable now that they could be easly be used for a EV. Ether as a motor or in a coil fashion to increase the range of any EV. I was just wondering why this technology hasnt been considerd for any EV's.

I just purchased this bike and havnt seen much on the forums about it. Was wondering if anyone has had any problems with this bike. I was planning on getting the XB-700Li but i got the Zev 3sp 3600 for basicaly the same price due to no reserve price on ebay. So I got a realy great deal. I currently use a razor 300es to get back and forth to work. I have had that one for 2 years so was looking for a upgrade that could handle the hills faster than 5mp and somthing with a longer range. I was origanly trying to avoid having to get a tag and insurance but after checking the prices its not that expensive.The bike should arrive next week and ill take some pictures and create a blog about this bike and how it performs.

Just listened to an interview about the MakerBot http://makerbot.com/ and it's a cool idea.

The Makerbot is essentially an inkjet printer for solid objects. You feed into it a file describing a solid object and it prints that object one layer at a time (1/2 mm high layers) .. the current model makes relatively small objects so presumably they'll be making new ones over time. There are high end expensive 3D modeling and object prototyping machines. They're expensive. This one can be purchased (kit) for under $1000

All through the interview I was imagining designing accessories for EV's and printing them with the machine.

Anyone want to buy me one?

The interview is here: http://twit.tv/floss92

I just set up a Friend Feed site for V at: http://friendfeed.com/visforvoltage

It's a public feed meaning anybody can post there meaning it could serve as a sort of chatroom if anybody wants to use it that way. You would sign into Friend Feed, go to the above page, click on the Subscribe button at the top of the page. You should then be able to post on the group.

Its seems that all the downloads under HANDBOOKS -> EV DOWNLOAD LIBRARY dossent work.
All the downloads starts with http://ilbcnu.org/ and that site seems to bee hacked or what ever.

Did anyone notice this ?

Just bought an evg e-bike and was told that all I needed was new batteries and I bought some and the thing will still not start. I was wondering if anyone could help me trouble shoot or point me in the direction of a solution. I really was to be riding.

It is and EVG 24v ebike.