Voltage, High or Low: The Maths
More, with Maths, from our buddy Biff: If you just increase the voltage of the system you only get more power if you can handle the higher speed of the […]
Voltage – High or Low? Explained
A guy who goes by the handle “Biff” on elmoto just put together a lengthy and very informative explanation of the pros, cons, and factors to weigh in making your […]
Will Brammo Race in 2015?
What with the news about Polaris buying out the Brammo motorcycle line and moving production to Iowa or some place, do you think Brammo will continue to race? Apparently so, […]
Energica Catalog Released, Fabulous Models Featured
Energica just posted their catalog online, and guess what’s on page 21? While Giampi sorts out what’s what with Ben Rich, I’m sitting there, patiently, head down thinking, can we […]
Cabling: The CBRe
OK, I was a little torqued out about this, since it seemed like running this kind of voltage demands another level or two of attention and technique. What is “Kentucky […]
The CBRe Drivetrain Simulation and Modeling
I always lean heavily on what’s been done by other teams, for a couple of reasons. The biggest one is I don’t have much in the way of math skills. […]
Electric Motorcycle Primer “InsideEVs Style” Series is Up!
…and I got to use one of my favorite photos from my misspent youth. Here’re the linkies: Electric Motorcycle Primer “InsideEVs Style” – Part 1: The Ride …where in we […]
Craigslist Find: ’05, $2500
Enough already of this Brammo bullpucky. Let’s get back to the crap that matters – the Search for the CBR. What should happen to pop up in my Craigslist Search […]
Polaris and Brammo: The Next Chapter
On January 15, 2015 Polaris issued this press release: Polaris Acquires Electric Motorcycle Business from Brammo Acquisition Includes Certain Assets, Technology, and Trademarks January 15, 2015 06:00 PM Eastern Standard […]
Electric Motorcycle Primer: I Did it My Way
I had to be polite on InsideEVs, you know, all professional and all, but I don’t have to here. Cause it’s my site. That’s mature, right? But anyway, the set […]
Setting Up Searches and Alerts on Craigslist
It doesn’t take long to figure out Craigslist searches have to be very specific. You get different results for ever so slight changes in your search – like CBR, CBR600, […]
Moar Battery Calculations: Star (or “Radar”) Charts
Since batteries have so many things to consider when comparing them, this type of a chart is really helpful. You can do this with Excel, and simply choose “other” when […]
HEy MOM! I’m on the (internets) RADIO!
I did this interview so long ago I had forgotten – but had a nice chat with the folks at Yale Climate Connections. Thankfully they edited it down to 90 […]
Build References: Battery Spec Sheet
Thanks to everyone who’s chipping in with help for this madness new build! The latest contribution is from Tom de Bree, with an amazingly detailed battery spec sheet. He graciously […]
Happy New Year Magnetic Flux Fun
Yeah, OK, this is what we’re messing with. You can have your “harnessed explosions of petrochemicals” any day, give me a little magnetic flux, bitch, and I can kick some […]
’05 CBR600 RR, or CBR600 F4i?
I’ve seen some F4i bikes on Craigslist for less money than the RR version, so I looked into the differences. The RR is more of a “race” configuration, with lower […]
Battery Pack: Rough Range Calculations
Once again, I’m going to go back to my napkin calculations to figure how big a pack I want for my target range of 75 miles or so. The simplest […]
…aAAAnd, A123
After pawing through battery specs for what seems like the millionth time, I’m back to the A123 cells, of course. Both the cylindrical cells I’ve played with and the prismatic […]
More on the Lipo Option (and Battery Configurator Spreadsheet)
File this under “typing myself smart”. Or “smaaaht” as we say in Boston. Anyway, I’m trying to work out the maths on the lipo cells I looked at here. Now, […]
More Batteriez: Chevy Volt Packs
Back to Hybrid Auto Center, and we have the Chevy Volt packs. These are rumored to have up to a 15C peak rate, with a rating from Chevy at around […]
