I don't particularly care what the EcoGoblin or "right-On" governments want to achieve.
I want to get from A to B in as least time as possible with the least amount of hassle.
For the Electric Revolution to happen the following has to happen:
1. The Technology has to half in Price. I'm not paying £20K or more for a battery driven bike, especially as batteries wear out, and are half the cost of the Motorcycle. Battery replacements have to be in the pennies to make this affordable.
2. Charging points have to be ubiquitous, they MUST be as easy to find as a petrol station.
3. Range must get close to the least worthy of touring motorcycles i.e. 150 miles. Current models claim 200 mile ranges but those testing are finding this is not realistic. 100 miles max is the best honest review I can find.
4. Charging must take minutes. Not 40 minutes but 5.
I can't remember where it was, but an experiment was taking place in a S.E. Asia country that gave me some hope.
They had pluggable, replaceable battery units.
At the roadside there were Amazon type lockers. You removed a battery unit from your bike, plugged it into a spare slot and you got a fully charged unit from the "locker".
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