Everyone thinks electric motorcycles are limited by their range, but one battery bike owner set out to prove them wrong.
Terry Hershner, the rider, took his 2012 Zero S and modified it with three Delta Q QuiQ chargers, two Elcon PFC 2500 chargers and a J 1772 car charging port. The modifications allowed him to reduce his charging time from about eight hours to around 45 minutes. Hershner would ride for 45 minutes, then charge for 45 minutes.
Using this method, he managed to get his bike from Florida to West Texas, putting down 3500 miles along the way. It only took him six days – not bad for a technology that’s often criticized for its limitations.
You can visit Facebook to read a bit more about Hershner, his love for e-bikes, and his future plans. He’s hoping to set a record for a coast-to-coast electric bike run, leaving from Santa Cruz, CA, at the end of the month.
[…] the next level. He’s managed all sort of long-distance runs on his highly modified Zero, like 3,500 miles in six says, the first coast-to-coast electric bike trip, and placing second in the BC2BC Canada-Mexico […]
I wonder what those chargers cost.
It’s a new frontier and exciting … for some … and certainly for me.
So he rides for 45 minutes, then stops for 45 minutes – this is progress ? Six days to accomplish what could be done by a fossil fueled vehicle in 4 days tops ? Sorry, electrics aren’t there yet IMHO…
Not only that, he’s also full of horse pucky.