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A Japanese vehicle manufacturer unveiled the prototype of a new electric motorbike carrying a hybrid magnetic motor, which can run almost noiselessly up to 180 kilometres (112 miles) on one charge. Tokyo-based Axle Corporation says that the battery of the next-generation electric vehicle motorbike can be charged at home, in the same way as a cellular phone. It takes a little over 6 hours to fully charge the battery, and the vehicle's maximum speed is capable of reaching 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour).
The company says the futuristic motorbike enjoys high energy efficiency thanks to a state-of-the-art magnetic motor which is a hybrid between a electromagnet and a permanent magnet. The new motor, called SUMO, short for "super motor," is housed inside the bike's rear wheel. The manufacture says the new motor is seven-times more cost efficient than gas-powered scooters.
Daisuke Ito, a professional racer who test rode the EV-X7 prototype, said it could potentially replace machines we now see in motor races. "I just feel that in the near future, we'll be seeing these kinds of electric motorbikes running all around town. And when that happens, conventional vehicles could disappear from motor racing, too, and well be competing only in electric vehicles."
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Reuters RTV521706
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November 22nd, 2008 at 05:19:33 dangerous low visability moped....now if you could make it fly...thats what we all really really want :))
November 22nd, 2008 at 05:42:32 Make a car! :D
November 22nd, 2008 at 06:05:31 Anyone else reminded of the bikes in Akira?
November 22nd, 2008 at 06:28:30 check out dem girls
November 22nd, 2008 at 06:51:29 wow its so silence
November 22nd, 2008 at 07:14:28 japan gets all the cool stuff :(
November 22nd, 2008 at 07:37:27 stupid japanese
November 22nd, 2008 at 08:00:26 Who cares? Cover that thing in shiny chrome paint and it would be so PIMP
November 22nd, 2008 at 08:23:25 what SHOULD it look like ??
November 22nd, 2008 at 08:46:24 it looks very very nice although it dose look a bit more like a scooter....
November 22nd, 2008 at 09:09:23 bailing on that thing would be awful.
November 22nd, 2008 at 09:32:22 That bike looks really sexy, I'd buy one if I could afford it!
November 22nd, 2008 at 09:55:21 Yay! LOL. I wanna buy one when they are available. That is a smooth machine.
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:18:20 LOL!!!! I so got that. xD
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:41:19 hahahahaaaaa TETSUO!!!!
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:04:18 looks pretty gay but still badass. only way i'd get one is if they made it look like an actual crotch rocket.
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:27:17 very well, the little scooter at the end of this vid is on its way to you right now!
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:50:16 yeh I'll paint mine blood red like his!
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:13:15 everybody allready wants one. they don't need to make any live publicity. they're still under developement, thoug.
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:36:14 Take a risk and contact me. Send one to me and I will have everyone within a three-thousand mile radius demanding one by spring. Just do it...like Nike. I want one in exchange for my services and shall continue my services to this endeavor. So...with little knowledge, contact me. Risk is how we move forward.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 13:22:12 Looks like the Kaneda's bike, from Akira. =D
November 22nd, 2008 at 13:45:11 it said 112mile on one charge. These electric motor cars dont have time limit on one charge they just say how many miles i can go on one charge
November 22nd, 2008 at 14:08:10 But what they don't tell us is how Long the battery lasts on a single charge lol
November 22nd, 2008 at 14:31:09 Cool cars.