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The Mission One Electric Motorcycle

Posted by Brian | Bikes, Hybrid Scooters, Motorcycle | Posted on March 22nd, 2009

Call it a hybrid using two wheels, the Mission One Electric Motorcycle is set to hit the market this year. Billed as “the world’s fastest production electric sport bike,” Mission’s debut product is called the Mission One. Scheduled to ship in early 2010, its estimated retail price is $68,000 — most of which is attributable to a large lithium-ion battery pack designed to compete with a gas-powered, performance-oriented sport bike.

Weighing less than 25 percent of a typical passenger car, two-wheeled scooters and motorcycles require fewer expensive batteries to bring them to speed. They are also simpler machines; they require fewer components and safety features, and they aren’t subject to the same stringent governmental requirements as passenger cars.

That makes two wheels a less complicated and less expensive entry point than cars for electric drivetrain entrepreneurs, which is why electric two-wheelers also are coming on the market much faster, and more affordably, than their four-wheeled brethren. The majority of currently available production electric two-wheelers cost less than $10,000.

(Source) NJ.com

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