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charuva Rookie Author Virginia Beach Posts:4 Points:6,170 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2012 7:26:01 PM Ignore charuva Report Abuse I am new to researching electric vehicles. I caught something on the Discovery Channel that was testing which was faster...gas or electric/hybrid. It was found that initially, electric was fastest. What is everyone's thoughts on all electric cars and electric odor cycles, such as the zero motorcycle versus hybrid/gas. I can't post a link, but if you're interested, google zero motorcycles The major thing I like is that with the motorcycle, you can just plug it in a regular 110 outlet [Edited by: charuva at 3/14/2012 8:28:44 PM EST]

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I am new to researching electric vehicles. I caught something on the Discovery Channel that was testing which was faster...gas or electric/hybrid. It was found that initially, electric was fastest.

What is everyone's thoughts on all electric cars and electric odor cycles, such as the zero motorcycle versus hybrid/gas. I can't post a link, but if you're interested, google zero motorcycles

The major thing I like is that with the motorcycle, you can just plug it in a regular 110 outlet

[Edited by: charuva at 3/14/2012 8:28:44 PM EST]

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charuva Rookie Author Virginia Beach Posts:4 Points:6,170 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2012 7:37:06 AM Ignore charuva Report Abuse I'm sure electric still hasn't caught on much yet, but will be happy when it does. I'd love to be able to have a motorcycle that I can charge overnight with my regular outlet. The difference from gas to the electricity it takes to charge it has to be better. Especially when gas is almost $4 a gallon!
cheapmonkee Champion Author Portland Posts:30,289 Points:3,166,660 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 5:43:50 PM Ignore cheapmonkee Report Abuse Roadburner440 owns a Chevy Volt so I do not understand the statement below. His Volt
jamieg2012 Veteran Author Sioux Falls Posts:286 Points:11,385 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 12:19:21 PM Ignore jamieg2012 Report Abuse actually roadburner you can sell cars with both gas and electric engines that is what a hybrid is and they do have them here just because the dealers where you are choose not to sell a hybrid does not mean it is illegal to sell - it just means they do not think their customers will buy it so why spend money to put it on the lot
Roadburner440 Sophomore Author Virginia Beach Posts:186 Points:82,285 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 11:06:17 AM Ignore Roadburner440 Report Abuse Electricity can be made from a lot of sources.. Not limited to just oil. Which include coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, solar, and wind. Albeit solar and wind are crappy, but a good solar system on a house is a decent solution for an individual family.. That being said electric motorcycles are gaining traction in Europe. You cannot even sell an electric car with a gas engine in America so I wouldn't expect them to come here anytime soon if ever. Gas will be cheap and plentiful forever!
Waterman66 Champion Author Colorado Posts:1,386 Points:489,570 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 10:56:12 AM Ignore Waterman66 Report Abuse Joke
maryph1958 Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:1,420 Points:283,095 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 10:07:07 AM Ignore maryph1958 Report Abuse what a Joke
OceanArcher Champion Author Mississippi Posts:5,683 Points:1,323,400 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 15, 2012 9:23:36 AM Ignore OceanArcher Report Abuse ---And besides, they still use oil to generate the electricity for the motorcycle battery
2amy Champion Author Fresno Posts:1,704 Points:601,605 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2012 11:09:10 PM Ignore 2amy Report Abuse My big dislikes on electric vehicles is the range of travel. My dislikes on hybrids are they are 2 to 1/2 more expensive than there counter parts.
maxstar Champion Author Chicago Posts:18,459 Points:805,545 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2012 8:50:57 PM Ignore maxstar Report Abuse I have not seen an electric motorcycle but the problem with them I think would be the same as any motorcycle. They can be dangerous because of other traffic and more so if the cycle is under powered. Range would be an issue as well. I looked at the zero motorcycle that you mentioned. The company boasts of 114 miles range which sounds impressive but I have yet to see any of those estimates turn out to be true under anything but ideal conditions. For me I would take a pass.