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    Are Enclosed, Stabilized Electric Motorcycles The Vehicles of the Future? For Some Drivers, an Electric Motorcycle Could Be the Best of Both Worlds- Brian X Chen via NY Times Zipping around on a motorcycle can be fun, but being in a downpour or an accident on one is not. Driving a car is safer and more comfortable, but traffic and parking can be annoying. What if you got rid of the bad parts of both? You might end up with something like the C-1, an electric motorcycle that looks as if it came out of the movie “Tron.” For protection, the bike is encased in a metal shell, and it is controlled like a car, with a steering wheel and foot pedals. Two big gyroscopes under the floor are designed to keep it from tipping over, even when a car hits it from the side. The C-1’s top speed is 120 miles an hour, and it can travel 200 miles on a full charge. via wildcat2030, ht stoweboyd FWIW, I might be willing to try one of these if it had 3 wheels instead of 2. Related articles Students designing an omnidirectional sphere-wheeled electric motorcycle (gizmag.com) Carbon-Fibered Electric Motorcycle to Be Tesla of Electric Motorcycles? (bfreenews.com) The Fastest Electric Motorcycle Is Also the Most Practical (wired.com) 2013 Zero Motorcycles Lineup Has More Range, Twice The Power (gas2.org)

    Are Enclosed, Stabilized Electric Motorcycles The Vehicles of the Future?

    For Some Drivers, an Electric Motorcycle Could Be the Best of Both Worlds- Brian X Chen via NY Times

    Zipping around on a motorcycle can be fun, but being in a downpour or an accident on one is not. Driving a car is safer and more comfortable, but traffic and parking can be annoying.

    What if you got rid of the bad parts of both?

    You might end up with something like the C-1, an electric motorcycle that looks as if it came out of the movie “Tron.” For protection, the bike is encased in a metal shell, and it is controlled like a car, with a steering wheel and foot pedals. Two big gyroscopes under the floor are designed to keep it from tipping over, even when a car hits it from the side. The C-1’s top speed is 120 miles an hour, and it can travel 200 miles on a full charge.

    via wildcat2030, ht stoweboyd

    FWIW, I might be willing to try one of these if it had 3 wheels instead of 2.

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