Crafting a folding moped & an EV motorcycle that can't fall (thanks to gyroscopic stability)
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Uploaded by kirstendirksen on Nov 14, 2011
Danny Kim has started his own car company, though, except for the old Land Rover he converted to run on biodiesel, his "cars" all have two wheels. He's patented a couple of electric cargo scooters, one of which folds up entirely to fit in elevators, pickup trucks... your apartment.
The vehicle that could put Lit Motors on the map is his C1. Part motorcycle, part car, he calls it a cyclecar. It's two-wheeled and tilts and leans like a motorycle, but it's fully enclosed and steers like a car. And best of all, thanks to gyroscopes, it doesn't fall down.
The Lit Motors design house in San Franciso's SOMA is layered with his designs. Kim takes us for a tour of the old warehouse where he parks his biodiesel Land Rover, his patented EV cargo scooters and his cyclecar prototype-in-progress.
Original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/crafting-an-ev-motocycle-that-cant-fall-...
Music credit: Music credit: "Danse Macabre - No Violin" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
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Man! what a creative and innovative guy. Love this channel.
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I had a 1961 series II diesel landrover which I owned from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s it got 28 mpg from the factory.
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I have to iterate to the next video++
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Looks like a twike electrical swissmade car
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C-1 looks awesome.
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is that little scooter in the beginning motorized? also, that was a ukulele, haha
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I think lots of people would be worried about what do they do when battery died, are they gonna fall off, etc.
He should start this with typical ICE engine just for introduce it, show people that balancing device works and then next move is transferring to electric.
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im interested on how he thinks a mattress can fit in that hole... haha awesome idea though.
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I think i've found my first car.
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as you evaluate the parameters of box?
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finger can be pressed?
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Price and time frame for this?
AReptileMan 3 months ago
@AReptileMan The price should be around $16,000 and they're hoping to release it in 2013. It's fully electric with a range of about 150 miles... and should accelerate from 0-to-60 in 6-8 seconds.
kirstendirksen 3 months ago 9
@kirstendirksen $16000?!?!? this is for the developing world?
jaquefroid 1 month ago
@jaquefroid That would be the (estimated) price for the U.S. I believe that only the scooters were meant for the developing world. I think this one is for the U.S. market.
kirstendirksen 1 month ago
Danse Macabre :p
Malegnius 3 months ago
@Malegnius Good ear. I used a version I found online. It's from a composer, Kevin MacLeod, who- according to his website- "over the past 6 years, I've created about 2,000 pieces of music". I put his website in the text above if you're interested.
kirstendirksen 3 months ago