by "bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
Published 08/10/2017 at 09:01
by "bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
Published 08/10/2017 at 09:01
Tags: Electric Vehicles
; Two Wheels Good
; 2wheelsgood
; BMW
STARS: 0
...and it’s $13,750 . Yeah, that’s about what I expected, but not the price range I’m looking at. (It doesn’t have removable batteries either, though, so it was already disqualified.)
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
08/10/2017 at 09:04, STARS: 2
14 G for an electric scooter.
Get fucked BMW
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
08/10/2017 at 09:06, STARS: 1
To be fair, I’m pretty sure they started with the C650 pricing, and then added some because electric.
Granted, $10-11k for a gasoline scooter (yes, I know, the Burgman 650's in the same price range), get fucked, BMW.
"bob and john" (bobandjohn)
08/10/2017 at 09:10, STARS: 0
Maxi scooters are so over priced lmao.
"McMike" (mcmike)
08/10/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 0
If I had the room, and if it was cheaper, I think an electric motorbike would be the perfect commuter bike for me.
I just rack up so many miles on my bike by commuting, it would be nice to save those miles for the weekends.
LOL @ $14K, tho.
"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
08/10/2017 at 09:36, STARS: 0
Given that a person can get a new first-gen Leaf for as low as $15k, this seems way too expensive. Cheap electric transport, this is not.
I’d be curious to know what their profit margin is, and what the raw material and labour costs are.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
08/10/2017 at 09:52, STARS: 1
There’ll be a few factors - the biggest, though, is the fact that the BMW name is on it. (Read: it’s profit margin, I’m pretty certain.)
They’ll actually have decent economies of scale on the batteries, as they’re using the same cells as the i3 (and the US-spec model uses the 94 Ah cells that the long range i3 has). The rest of the bike may well be suffering from lower economies of scale that apply to motorcycles in general, though.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
08/10/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 0
I’ve posted quite a bit about how I want an electric with removable batteries for commuting. I don’t have anywhere to conveniently plug in, but really, when commuting, I’m on 35 mph roads, a 125-class bike is more than enough. And, I’m going 10 miles in a day, so I don’t even need that much battery.
If Gogoro would just bring their damn scooter to the US already... (I don’t want to pay the $8500 that Zero asks for the FXS ZF 3.3 Modular, really, and their swap system is a bit clunky for daily battery swapping. And, the GenZe 2.0 looks nice, but I think it’s rather telling that I can’t find any used ones for sale, or anyone doing a ride video of their own scooter (as opposed to a review unit, or a store selling one)... and it’s 50-class, with a 30 mph top speed, not fast enough.)
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
08/10/2017 at 10:25, STARS: 0
Although, actually, looking at things... a Zero S 13.0 is $14k itself, doesn’t have much more peak power, and has similar battery capacity...