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Zev ELECTRIC MOTORBIKE ADOPTS ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Check out a more recent review of Zev Electric Motorcycles here.

Z ELECTRIC Motorbike has incorporated its new “Electronic Transmission” into all of its high power electric motor scooters.

The Electronic Transmission is a special form of electronic controller for the high power ZEV scooters that allows the rider to independently vary both the voltage and the amperage of the current sent to the hub motors at the same time. This allows the rider to obtain the maximum range by keeping the power consumption as low as possible at any given speed or load. The Electronic Transmission allows the rider to “shift” so that just like a mechanical transmission, the rider can shift to a high rpm (high voltage), low torque (low amp) setting for cruising, or a high voltage, high amp setting for high loads and hills or maximum speed. The throttle controls the voltage; the Electronic Transmission shift button controls the amperage setting. Each touch of the button reduces amps by 20 (always leaving 20 at the bottom level). As an example - the 100 amp X 72 volts maximum power controller would have 100, 80, 60, 40, and 20 amp settings.

To make sure that the new controllers would stand the rigors of the high power bikes, the controllers were tested in a hot box where they were ran at full power, full load for 48 hours at 115 degrees F/45 degrees C ambient air without shut down. Given that the actual installation on the bikes allows for air flow over the deep cooling fins, the test was a bit of overkill.

The ZEV line of electric motor scooters are the fastest and the longest range electric scooters in the world at this time – with the help of the energy saving Electronic Transmission. In operation the rider has a shift button next to the throttle. Once the rider reaches the desired speed, he can touch the button to “shift” down the amp flow, reducing torque, until the bike will only pull the speed desired by the rider. Additionally, regenerative braking is built into all ZEV controllers and bikes so that the bike recharges the battery during braking as it switches the motor into generator mode. Regenerative braking is of little help on flat land or where the brake is seldom used. However, in very hilly and curvy terrain it is of great help, extending the range 15% to 18% depending upon the bike/road/load/speeds. With the maximum battery capacity in excess of 5.5 Kwh on some models and the help of the Electronic Transmission, the bikes range in the largest battery capacity has reached 160 Km/100 miles in testing. That same bike can exceed 120 kph / 75 mph.

You can see more details of the system and the various models at http://www.environmentfriendlystore.com/ All ZEV bikes qualify for the 10% Federal tax credit for electric bikes. Made in the USA

Electric Tricycles-Catching on in Philppine Cities

The gas powered tricycle is found in every city, and town in the Philippines. It's also one of the largest air polluters. But now the electric tricycle is slowly going to replace them as more cities adopt their use.

In order to clean up the air and noise pollution, more and more cities are looking at the electric Tricycles as a solution.

I for one, am so glad they are doing it. The noxious fumes from these vehicles is cloying! They pollute our collective atmosphere and air we breathe.

It's time for Filipinos to jump on this bandwagon, not just gas tricycle drivers, but delivery services that have short routes, and motorcyclists in general should switch to electric motorbikes. Fossil fuel emmission is contributing to the ill health our planet is experiencing, and so much more in our cities.

In 2008, a news article claimed that 5000 or more people in the Metro Manila area alone die from diseases associated with noxious air pollution!

Links to articles about this health hazard!

Rising Metro Manila deaths due to air pollution alarm lawmaker

By MBJ- June 23rd, 2009

Air pollution kills nearly 5,000 Metro residents yearly

By TJ Burgonio Inquirer

Links to Electric Tricycle Projects in the Philippines:
Make way for Eco-friendly ETricycles Journal Online 2009-04-26

Makati eyes electric tricycles Inquirer 2009-04-22

Davao City Honing up on E-tricycle Production

Electric Tricycle Project Puerto Princesa

Dave and I went to Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines to help Mayor Edward Hagedorn evaluate the possibility of converting the existing gas tricycles to electric. Dave retrofitted a new 3000 watt  eBike and hooked it up to an old, heavy sidecar to see if it would do the job.

Mayor Ed Hagedorn wanted to know if our 3000 watt Electric motorcycle would pull an existing side car on one of their local gas tricycles sidecars. That same day, Dave and his associate in the electric motorbikes, Willy Dela Cruz, took it to a welder and it was done by 8 AM the following morning.

The Mayor took off on it like it was a Ferrari!! He had no problems with it. This is a test of the Mayor's EV feasability study for Puerto Princesa's existing gas tricycle problem.

You can view these electric motorcycles online at: http://www.eaglemotorcycles.net/

Find out more about Dave Dewbre at:
http://www.danceswithnetworks.com/











Visit Mayor Hagedorn's personal website:

http://www.edwardhagedorn.net/

Visit his Green Solidarity Movement website!
http://www.gsm-hagedorn.com/

New 3000 Watt Electric motorcycle

Dave Dewbre just got this 3000 Watt electric motorcycle in tucson! He loves it! It's soooo quiet and it really goes fast even up very steep hills!

3000 Watt, DOT Certified Electric Motorbike uses no gas, no oil, no noise, and little maintenance! This is a truly remarkable ride. This Electric Motorcycle has even more power than you need in urban traffic!. There are no gears to shift and no transmission to rely on. You just turn on the key, twist the throttle and go! To recharge, you plug into any wall outlet with the smart-charger that comes with this powerful motorbike! This is a big enough bike that you will be seen in traffic and won't risk being under-powered like so many of the electric scooters that barely reach 30 mph! The powerful 3000 watt motor climbs well and has been tested up very long and steep mountain paths

This model can be purchased in the States at: http://www.environmentfriendlystore.com/
and for Philippine sales at http://www.eaglemotorcycles.net/