Two new electric smart vehicles will debut in showrooms next year. The third generation smart fortwo electric car will be available within twelve months in more than 30 markets. Driven by a 55 kW electric motor it will have a top speed of more than 120 km/h and a range of around 140 kilometers, with the ability to be fully recharged, in the right circumstances, in less than an hour.
The performance of electric motorcycles may not yet be on par with their fuel-snorting brethren, but our outings on this new breed of two-wheeler have convinced us that they are well on the way. Now San Francisco start-up BRD is throwing its hat into this rapidly expanding ring by announcing plans for battery powered bikes designed to “outperform their gas equivalents.” Called RedShift, the motorcycles are slated for production in 2012 and will come in “dual-sport” and “urban” variants with both promising performance that would put them in the same ballpark as a gas-powered 250cc 4-stroke.
This magnificent-looking electric-powered motorcycle – the Bimota Tesi ‘Sconosciuto‘ (meaning ‘unknown’ in Italian) is a project design by Michal Pyteraf, a former student from Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Art in Krakow, Poland. This bike is actually designed for people who are learning the art of riding a bike and for urban-dwellers, where the sleekness of the bike would make it more agile to deal with the traffic woes of big cities.
Follow